Guidelines and challenges for estimating the economic costs and benefits of adolescent substance abuse treatments

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-205

  Zavala, Silvana K ^a   French, Michael T ^a   Henderson, Craig E ^b   Alberga, Linda ^c   Rowe, Cindy ^c   Liddle, Howard A ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent substance abuse treatment; Economic costs and benefits; Economic evaluation

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 25844464114     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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