Money Matters: Cost-Effectiveness of Juvenile Drug Court with and without Evidence-Based Treatments

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-90

  Sheidow, Ashli J ^a   Jayawardhana, Jayani ^b   Bradford, W David ^b   Henggeler, Scott W ^a   Shapiro, Steven B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

contingency management; cost effectiveness; juvenile drug court; multisystemic therapy; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860991330     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2012.636701     Document Type: Article

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