Modeling the cost-effectiveness of health care systems for alcohol use disorders: How implementation of ehealth interventions improves cost-effectiveness

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Smit, Filip ^a,b   Lokkerbol, Joran ^c   Riper, Heleen ^b,d   Majo, Maria Cristina ^a,e   Boon, Brigitte ^a   Blankers, Matthijs ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol related disorders; Cost effectiveness; Early intervention; Health care systems

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MANAGEMENT; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 80053527129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1694     Document Type: Article

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