Organizational and client determinants of cost in outpatient substance abuse treatment

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-13

  Beaston Blaakman, Aaron ^a   Shepard, Donald ^b   Horgan, Constance ^b   Ritter, Grant ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPISODE OF CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POLICY MAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247222563     PISSN: 10914358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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