Reduced substance-abuse-related health care costs among voluntary participants in alcoholics anonymous

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 709-713

  Humphreys, Keith ^a,b   Moos, Rudolf H ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029901656     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.47.7.709     Document Type: Article

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