Abstract
The proportion of American adults aged 50+ years with a substance use disorder (SUD) is projected to increase to about 5.7million individuals by 2020 (1). SUD in the elderly is associated with numerous health and social problems such as increased risk of hospitalization, nursing home placement and death (2). Despite these staggering epidemiologic data, there is a paucity of research exploring the prevalence of SUD in the elderly, and much less attention has been paid to the factors that determine engagement of the elderly in a substance abuse treatment program.
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