A research agenda for economic evaluation of substance abuse services

Economic analyses of substance abuse interventions play a critical role in informing the decision makers involved in funding these programs. Despite the emergence of new and more effective interventions, the adoption of costlier services still demands justification based on economic evidence. Update...

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Published inJournal of substance abuse treatment Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 125 - 137
Main Authors French, Michael T., Drummond, Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.09.2005
Elsevier Science
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Addiction
Addiction services research
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Costs and Cost Analysis
Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal
Drug addiction
Economic conditions
Economic evaluation
Economics
Evaluation
Health services
Health Services - economics
Health Services Research
Humans
Intervention
Medical sciences
Program Evaluation
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social services
Substance Abuse
Substance abuse treatment
Substance-Related Disorders - economics
Substance-Related Disorders - therapy
Treatment
Treatment Programs
Treatments
United States
North America
America
Addiction services research
Substance abuse
Economic evaluation
Drug addiction
Decision maker
Decision making
Addictology
Health service
Health policy
Addiction
Health economy
Scientific research
Drug of abuse
Cost analysis
Medical specialty
Public health
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Summary:Economic analyses of substance abuse interventions play a critical role in informing the decision makers involved in funding these programs. Despite the emergence of new and more effective interventions, the adoption of costlier services still demands justification based on economic evidence. Updated and more rigorous economic information allows patients, health care professionals, insurance companies, policymakers, and others to allocate scarce resources more efficiently. To prepare for the next wave of addiction health services research, this article presents background information on the economics of addiction health services, reviews recent empirical and methodological contributions, and provides 15 research recommendations.
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ISSN:0740-5472
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DOI:10.1016/j.jsat.2005.05.009