The economics of public health: Financing drug abuse treatment services

Health Policy

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-260

  Cartwright, William S ^a   Solano, Paul L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Drug abuse treatment; Financing, rationing

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMPIRICISM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MODEL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 0242467909     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(03)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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