Does higher cost mean better quality? Evidence from highly-regarded adolescent drug treatment programs

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Schackman, Bruce R ^a   Rojas, Erick G ^a   Gans, Jeremy ^b   Falco, Mathea ^b   Millman, Robert B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Drug Strategies   (United States)

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EID: 34548577066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-2-23     Document Type: Article

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