Economic Evaluation of Drug Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders:
The New Clinical Trial Protocol
January 1997
Gary A. Zarkin, Ph.D.
Center for Economics Research
Research Triangle Institute
3040 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(919) 541-5858
(Please submit proofs to Dr. Zarkin.)
Josephine A. Mauskopf,
Ph.D
Center for Economics Research
Research Triangle Institute
3040 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(919) 541-6996
Henry Grabowski,
Ph.D.
Department of Economics
305 Social Sciences, Box 90097
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0097
(919) 660-1800
Heather Luckey, M.P.A.Heather
Luckey, M.P.A.
Center for Research in Education
Research Triangle Institute
3040 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(919) 541-7468
and Richard
Weisler, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
P.O. Box 3859
Durham, NC 27710
(919) 684-6441
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