A comparison of two methods for estimating the costs of drug abuse treatment

Journal of Maintenance in the Addictions

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 29-44

  Dunlap, Laura J ^a   French, Michael T ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting cost; Cost analysis; Drug abuse treatment; Economic cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 9844232814     PISSN: 10911332     EISSN: 15407624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J126v01n03_06     Document Type: Article

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