Outpatient marijuana treatment for adolescents: Economic evaluation of a multisite field experiment

Evaluation Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-459

  French, Michael T ^a,e   Roebuck, M Christopher ^b   Dennis, Michael L ^c   Godley, Susan H ^c   Liddle, Howard A ^a,f   Tims, Frank M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b AdvancePCS ^*  (United States)

^c CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction treatment; Adolescent cannabis use; Benefit cost analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141833912     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X03254349     Document Type: Review

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