Ds. Festinger et al., THE ACCELERATED INTAKE - A METHOD FOR INCREASING INITIAL ATTENDANCE TO OUTPATIENT COCAINE TREATMENT, Journal of applied behavior analysis, 29(3), 1996, pp. 387-389
We examined whether offering an accelerated (same-day) versus a standa
rd (1- to 7-day delay) intake appointment increased initial attendance
at an outpatient cocaine treatment program. Significantly more of the
subjects who were offered an accelerated intake (59%) attended than t
hose who were given a standard intake (33%), chi(2) (2, N = 78) = 4.19
8, p < .05. The accelerated intake procedure appears to be useful for
enhancing enrollment in outpatient addiction treatment.