Inpatient alcohol treatment in a private healthcare setting: Which patients benefit and at what cost?

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 220-233

  Pettinati, Helen M ^a,b   Meyers, Kathleen ^a,b   Evans, Bradley D ^b   Ruetsch, Charles R ^b   Kaplan, Frances N ^b   Jensen, Jacqueline M ^b   Hadley, Trevor R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Carrier Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032870742     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105504999305839     Document Type: Article

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