A profile of the substance abuse treatment industry: Organization, costs, and treatment completion

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-679

  Woodward, Albert M ^a,c   Raskin, Ira E ^a   Blacklow, Beatrice ^b  

^a Synectics for Management Decisions ^*

^b Synectics for Management Decisions   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Completion; Costs; Substance user treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 41949118532     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080601096640     Document Type: Review

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