The economic costs of substance abuse treatment: Updated estimates and cost bands for program assessment and reimbursement

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 462-469

  French, Michael T ^a,b   Popovici, Ioana ^b   Tapsell, Lauren ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic cost; Policy; Reimbursement; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54249122283     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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