Substance abuse treatment cost offsets vary with gender, age, and abstinence likelihood

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Zywiak, William H ^a   Hoffmann, Norman G ^b   Stout, Robert L ^a,c   Hagberg, Sean ^d   Floyd, Anthony S ^d   DeHart, Sara S ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cost offset; Gender; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0032869341     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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