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Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy
Population Health and Health Policy

Few and Far Away: Detoxification Services in Rural Areas

Abstract: 

Based on Working Paper #41: Availability, Characteristics, and Role of Detoxification Services in Rural Areas.
Findings:

  • Few rural detox providers exist; 82% of rural residents live in a county without a detox provider.
  • More than half of all rural detox providers serve a 100 mile radius.
  • Travel distances are a barrier to outpatient detox models.
  • Referral options to substance abuse treatment are limited, especially in isolated rural areas.
  • Publish Date: 
    12-30-2009
    URL: 
    http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/rural/pb41/Rural-Detox-Brief.pdf