V. (2000b): The outcome and cost of alcohol and drug treatment in an HMO: day hospital versus traditional outpatient regimens. Health Services Research 35 (4): 791-812Weisner C, Mertens J, Parthasarathy S, et al. The outcome and cost of alcohol and drug treatment in an HMO: day ...
Recent meta-analyses of the alcohol treatment outcome literature have pointed to a number of therapeutic modalities that consistently surface as generally more effective than others. Yet the gap between science and practice remains largely unaffected by these findings. Among the many possible reasons for...
JW Finney,SC Monahan - 《J Stud Alcohol》 被引量: 357发表: 1996年 Cost-effective alcohol treatment: The community reinforcement approach An overview of CRA is provided with the objective of helping the clinician increase his or her cost-effectiveness with alcohol abusing and dependent clients......
Those in the alcohol and drug treatment industry say its growth will slow as employers quit sending workers for unnecessarily elaborate treatment. The outcome, said Trey Cryer, president of Washington-based Recovery Centers of America, will be a “general shakeout” in the industry. That, in turn...
The war in South Sudan has displaced more than four million people, with Uganda hosting the largest number of South Sudanese refugees. Research in Uganda has shown elevated levels of alcohol misuse and psychological distress among these refugees. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a...
The foundations of cost-benefit analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis (CB/CEA) for drug abuse treatment are developect An economic model of addict choice and drug markets is presented. This model is synthesized with the current "cost of illness" methods used to measure the burden of the dis...
How valuable is public investment in treatment for drug abuse and dependency in the real world of everyday practice? Does drug abuse treatment provide benefits and how are they valued? What are the costs of obtaining outcomes and benefits? Cost–benefit analysis attempts to answer these questions...
Cost Thwarts Drug TreatmentPennsylvania is only able to adequately treat one out of every eight drug addicts because of a lack of money for treatment programs, says the newly minted secretary of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs.Gazarik, Richard...
Although depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, treatment coverage for the condition is inadequate. Supply-side barriers (e.g. shortage of specialist mental health professionals) and demand-side barriers (e.g. lack of awareness about depression) lead to limited availability of evid...