title: Offsets are not add-ons: the place of addictions treatment in American health care reform.
abstract: Addictions treatment is often viewed by policymakers as a costly and inefficient "add-on" to an already overburdened system. This view contradicts a large literature on addictions treatment cost-offsets, which shows that treatment for addictive disorders drives down the demand for health care and promotes more efficient use by both patients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Services, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855-0969.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Langenbucher
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000191:economics; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy