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Services integration and cost-effectiveness.

Michael E Hilton·Michael Fleming·Henry Glick·Marjorie A Gutman·Yun Lu·James McKay·A Thomas McLellan·Willard Manning·Julie Meadows·Jennifer R Mertens·Charles Moore·John Mullahy·Marlon Mundt·Sujaya Parthasarathy·Daniel Polsky·G Thomas Ray·Stacy Sterling·Constance Weisner
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Alcohol treatment services are increasingly combined with other health and social services to address the needs of multiple-problem clients. Hence, it has been of growing policy interest to find the most effective and the most cost-effective ways of linking these services. This symposium presents some recent studies in this area. The small but growing body of studies in this area has great potential to inform public policy debates.

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AlcoholismBehavior TherapyCase ManagementComorbidityCost-Benefit AnalysisDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedHealth Services ResearchHumansManaged Care ProgramsPatient Care TeamSocial WorkTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Michael E Hilton, Michael Fleming, Henry Glick, Marjorie A Gutman, Yun Lu, James McKay, A Thomas McLellan, Willard Manning, Julie Meadows, Jennifer R Mertens, Charles Moore, John Mullahy, Marlon Mundt, Sujaya Parthasarathy, Daniel Polsky, G Thomas Ray, Stacy Sterling, Constance Weisner. 2003. Services integration and cost-effectiveness.. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.alc.0000052707.99429.8c

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