Estimating the willingness to pay for drug abuse treatment: A pilot study

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-159

  Zarkin, Gary A ^a   Cates, Sheryl C ^a   Bala, Mohan V ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit estimation; Contingent valuation; Drug treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ECONOMICS; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE NEED; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEW YORK CITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034006520     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(99)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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