In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using … an identification strategy that leverages variation driven by substance-abuse-treatment facility openings and closings … measured at the county level. The results indicate that substance-abuse-treatment facilities reduce both violent and …

In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using … an identification strategy that leverages variation driven by substance-abuse-treatment facility openings and closings … measured at the county level. The results indicate that substance-abuse-treatment facilities reduce both violent and …

We present an economic argument for the effect of employment on length of stay in substance abuse treatment, which is …

. Though substance-abuse treatment may be effective in reducing drug abuse, evidence for a causal effect of treatment on drug …-related mortality is lacking. I analyze the effect of substance-abuse treatment on mortality by exploiting county-level variation in …

U.S. markets for outpatient substance abuse treatment (OSAT) include clinics that are private for-profit, private non …

.S. counties in order to investigate the argument that gaps in the provision of substance abuse treatment are a function of …, racial and ethnic isolation and limited healthcare infrastructure constrain the provision of substance abuse treatment … limited access to substance abuse treatment. Moreover, treatment clusters themselves were significantly related to …

health insurance plans who need substance abuse treatment have the lowest rates of receiving any treatment services or …