title: A discrete choice model of alcoholism treatment location.
abstract: In this study, a discrete choice model of alcoholism treatment location, with special emphasis on the roles of comorbidities is considered. Three specific questions are addressed: 1) what demographic and health factors have significant impacts on treatment location for both short- and long-term alcoholism and nonalcoholism treatments?; 2) how does the impact of alcohol dependence differ from the impact of alcohol abuse, on probabilities of short-term or long-term inpatient treatment?; and 3) what are the impacts of health comorbidities on probabilities of inpatient treatment in the short or long term? A binomial logit model is estimated for short- and long-term alcoholism treatment, as well as for short- and long-term nonalcoholism treatment (which occurs at the same time). The results indicate the importance of comorbidities in predicting treatment location. They also indicate a trend during the 1980s toward increased use of outpatient rather than inpatient treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Holder
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nishiura
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hankin
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005544:Forecasting; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D015146:Midwestern United States; D017059:Models, Econometric; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*