The effects of copayments on substance abuse treatment expenditures and treatment reoccurrence

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1605-1611

  Lo Sasso, Anthony T ^a   Lyons, John S ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPAYMENT; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COST SHARING; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036893716     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.12.1605     Document Type: Article

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