The cost-effectiveness of brief intervention versus brief treatment of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in the United States

Addiction

Volumn 112, Issue , 2017, Pages 73-81

  Barbosa, Carolina ^a   Cowell, Alexander ^a   Dowd, William ^a   Landwehr, Justin ^a   Aldridge, Arnie ^a   Bray, Jeremy ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

brief intervention; brief treatment; cost effectiveness; economic evaluation; SBIRT; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008957110     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13658     Document Type: Article

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