Private insurance and the utilization of chemical dependency treatment

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Schmidt, Laura A ^a,c   Weisner, Constance M ^b  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction treatment; Alcohol treatment; Health coverage; Insurance; Managed care; Medicaid; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 13844270537     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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