Treatment for ADHD: Is more complex treatment cost-effective for more complex cases?

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 165-182

  Foster, E Michael ^a   Jensen, Peter S ^b   Schlander, Michael ^c   Pelham Jr , William E ^d   Hechtman, Lily ^e   Arnold, L Eugene ^f   Swanson, James M ^g   Wigal, Timothy ^g  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Anxiety; Children; Conduct disorder; Cost effectiveness

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PEMOLINE MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 33846444014     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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