The importance of client-satisfactioi ratings in residential treatment outcome measurement: A response

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 7-17

  Gilman, Rich ^a   Huebner, E Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Life satisfaction ratings; Outcome; Residential treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749021215     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v21n04_02     Document Type: Article

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