Do Larger Residential Service Delivery Units Have Lower Costs?
July 2001
DHHS, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
This analytic report presents the results of an analysis of the relationship between the size of providers and the cost of delivering treatment services. It was found that large providers tend to have lower costs per unit of service than small providers, although it appears that this may be partially due to delivery of lower intensity services, with uncertain implications for the outcomes of care.