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Thus, our study highlights the importance of underlying assumptions that are commonly made in conducting cost-benefit analyses of programs aimed at substance abuse.
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.
In addition to their application to insurance benefit cost estimation, these data illustrate the costing of best-practice adolescent treatment consistent with a Center of Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Treatment Improvement Protocol.
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Ellen Meara, Richard G. Frank 
01 Sep 2005-Addiction
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We develop a framework that could be used to determine optimal spending on substance abuse treatment in the United States.
Although the number of studies on the costs of substance abuse treatment programs has increased, our paper is one of the first to compare accounting and economic methods for analyzing cost data at the program level.
For costs in programs and health plans, as well as cost offsets of the impact of substance abuse treatment on medical expenditures, findings are surprisingly important to policy makers.