Individuals receiving addiction treatment: Are medical costs of their family members reduced?

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1226-1234

  Weisner, Constance ^a,b   Parthasarathy, Sujaya ^b   Moore, Charles ^c   Mertens, Jennifer R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism and addictive behavior; Cost analysis; Family health; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953299807     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02947.x     Document Type: Article

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