Measuring the value of time for methadone maintenance clients: Willingness to pay, willingness to accept, and the wage rate

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-334

  Borisova, Natalia N ^a   Goodman, Allen C ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Substance abuse treatment; Value of time; Willingness to accept; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY; TIME; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSPORTATION; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0037387570     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.738     Document Type: Article

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