Long-Term Patterns of Service Use and Cost among Patients with Both Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 835-843

  Hoff, Rani A ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual diagnosis; Health care costs; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032090561     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199806000-00007     Document Type: Article

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