The incremental inpatient costs associated with marijuana comorbidity

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 92, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 248-257

  Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo ^a   Ringel, Jeanne ^a   Dobkin, Carlos ^b   Truong, Khoa ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital costs; Length of stay; Marijuana abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHMS; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 36749103798     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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