DHHS, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

This bibliography lists books, published articles and research/evaluation studies, and government documents (including "Web" publications) published since 1980 that focus on the costs of substance abuse treatment, methods for estimating the costs of treatment, and studies of the cost effectiveness and cost benefits of substance abuse treatment. This document also identifies trends and areas where there are gaps in the literature. A companion document, Cost Effectiveness and Cost Benefit Analysis of Substance Abuse Treatment: A Literature Review, synthesizes the major findings from the reports and studies focusing on the cost effectiveness and cost benefits of substance abuse treatment identified in this bibliography.

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