Economic implications of reduced binge drinking among the Military Health system's TRICARE Prime plan beneficiaries

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 728-736

  Harwood, Henrick J ^a   Zhang, Yiduo ^b   Dall, Timothy M ^b   Olaiya, Samuel T ^c   Fagan, Nancy K ^d  

^a National Association of State Alcohol and Drag Abuse   (United States)

^b LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^c Bureau of Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

^d Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Clinical and Program Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOLDIER; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949348103     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-03-9008     Document Type: Article

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