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Cost analysis of training and employment services in methadone treatment
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The cost methodology presented in this paper can be used in other research projects and by treatment providers to generate consistent and comparable cost estimates of standard and enhanced substance abuse treatment programs.About:
This article is published in Evaluation and Program Planning.The article was published on 1994-04-01. It has received 43 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cost effectiveness & Cost estimate.read more
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Development and Validation of the GAIN Short Screener (GSS) for Internalizing, Externalizing and Substance Use Disorders and Crime/Violence Problems Among Adolescents and Adults
TL;DR: The GAIN - Short Screener (GSS) is 3-5 minute screener to quickly identify those who would have a disorder based on the full 60-120 minute GAIN and triage the problem and kind of intervention they are likely to need along four dimensions
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Outcomes for implementation science: an enhanced systematic review of instruments using evidence-based rating criteria.
Cara C. Lewis,Cara C. Lewis,Sarah M. Fischer,Bryan J. Weiner,Cameo Stanick,Mimi Kim,Mimi Kim,Ruben G. Martinez +7 more
TL;DR: Implementation outcomes instrumentation is underdeveloped with respect to both the sheer number of available instruments and the psychometric quality of existing instruments, causing the field to struggle to identify which implementation strategies work best, for which organizations, and under what conditions.
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A structured instrument for estimating the economic cost of drug abuse treatment. The Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP).
TL;DR: This paper presents a structured and scientifically-based instrument for estimating the economic cost of treatment services and discusses the DATCAP User's Manual, which will enable individual programs to begin collecting the necessary data and estimating economic costs at their own clinics.
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Estimating the dollar value of health outcomes from drug-abuse interventions
TL;DR: The proposed approach for estimating the dollar value of avoiding adverse health consequences provides policy analysts, evaluators, and researchers a method to calculate theoretically based benefit estimates for use in a benefit-cost analysis of drug-abuse interventions.
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Estimating the willingness to pay for drug abuse treatment: a pilot study.
TL;DR: This study conducted mall intercept surveys in two communities and used the contingent valuation (CV) method to value drug treatment, demonstrating how the results of the CV method may be used in a benefit-cost analysis of drug treatment.
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Drug Abuse Treatment: A National Study of Effectiveness
Robert L. Hubbard,Mary Ellen Marsden,J. Valley Rachal,Henrick J. Harwood,Elizabeth R. Cavanaugh,Harold M. Ginzburg +5 more
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Treating Drug Problems
TL;DR: The committee visited clinics, funding agencies, and referral sources in six states, analyzed data from two recent national surveys, commissioned seven papers, and documented its report with 250 key citations, finding the drug problem to be a public health crisis.
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Serious Infections Other than Human Immunodeficiency Virus among Intravenous Drug Abusers
Haverkos Hw,Lange Wr +1 more
TL;DR: This report summarizes presentations and discussions of experts in the fields of infectious diseases and drug abuse that met to identify unresolved research issues and to set directions for future studies.
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Treating Drug Problems: Volume 1
TL;DR: Treating Drug Problems as mentioned in this paper provides specific recommendations on how to organize and fund the drug treatment system, including how to allocate drug treatment dollars most equitably with the highest likelihood of beneficial results.
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Training and employment programs in methadone treatment: client needs and desires.
TL;DR: The main finding is that most addicts have a strong interest in training and employment services, but their expectations about the impact of such services is often unrealistic.