The impact of insurance status on drug abuse treatment completion

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-47

  Garcia, Luis Miguel ^a   McGeary, Kerry Anne ^a   Shultz, James M ^a   McCoy, Clyde B ^a  

^a Department of Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Drug abuse treatment; Insurance status; Outcome quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AMBULATORY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032843350     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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