TY - JOUR
T1 - A research agenda for economic evaluation of substance abuse services
AU - French, Michael T.
AU - Drummond, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial assistance for this study was provided by grants (R01 AA13167, 3P50 DA07705, and R01 DA11506) from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the NIDA. We are grateful to Jenny Coplin and Michael Coplin for their research assistance and Venessa de la Portilla and William Russell for their editorial assistance. The authors are entirely responsible for the ideas presented in this article and their positions or opinions do not necessarily represent those of NIAAA, NIDA, University of Miami, or University of York.
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Addiction services research
KW - Economic evaluation
KW - Substance abuse
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.05.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.05.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 16135341
AN - SCOPUS:28644441520
VL - 29
SP - 125
EP - 137
JO - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
JF - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
SN - 0740-5472
IS - 2
ER -