The effect of alcohol treatment on social costs of alcohol dependence: Results from the combine study

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 396-401

  Zarkin, Gary A ^a   Bray, Jeremy W ^a   Aldridge, Arnie ^a   Mills, Michael ^a   Cisler, Ron A ^b   Couper, David ^c   McKay, James R ^d   O'Malley, Stephanie ^e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol treatment; Cost offsets; Social costs

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; NALTREXONE; PLACEBO;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CRIME; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEFT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRIME; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; NALTREXONE; TAURINE;

EID: 77951621526     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181d68859     Document Type: Article

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