Estimating the economic cost of substance abuse treatment

Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 539-544

  French, Michael T ^a   McGeary, Kerry Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; Cost analysis; Drugs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TECHNIQUE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REHABILITATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030724658     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199709)6:5<539::AID-HEC295>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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