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Peer reviewedZarkin, Gary A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
A framework is described for economic evaluation of substance abuse interventions, describing addiction and treatment dynamics and highlighting therapeutic and economic endpoints. Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses are discussed. In conjunction with a decision-tree model, economic evaluation is presented as a tool for informed resource…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Evaluation Methods, Intervention
