Posted on December 15, 2008 11:45
Topics: Expenditures | Substance Use | Trends
Post Type: citation
This article analyzes trends in substance abuse expenditures from 1986 to 2003. Though substance abuse spending increased by $11.4 billion, US healthcare spending grew at a much larger pace causing substance abuse spending as a share of total health spending to drop from 2.1 percent to 1.3 percent over the 17 year period.
Mark, T. L., Levit, K. R., Vandlvort-Warren, R., Coffey, R. M., & Buck, J. A. (2007). Trends in spending for substance abuse treatment, 1986-2003. Health Affairs, 26(4), 1118-1128; 10.1377. DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1118. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/4/1118 © 2007 by Project HOPE. Authors: Tami L Mark, Katharine R. Levlt, Rita Vandlvort-Warren, Rosanna M. Coffey, Jeffrey A. Buck.
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