Financing a voucher program for cocaine abusers through community donations in spain

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 623-628

  García Rodríguez, Olaya ^a,b   Secades Villa, Roberto ^b   Higgins, Stephen T ^c   Fernández Hermida, Jose R ^b   Carballo, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT; SPAIN;

AMBULATORY CARE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 58149393077     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-623     Document Type: Article

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