Costs of addressing heroin addiction in Malaysia and 32 comparable countries worldwide.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Develop and apply new costing methodologies to estimate costs of opioid dependence treatment in countries worldwide.

Data sources/study setting

Micro-costing methodology developed and data collected during randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 126 patients (July 2003-May 2005) in Malaysia. Gross-costing methodology developed to estimate costs of treatment replication in 32 countries with data collected from publicly available sources.

Study design

Fixed, variable, and societal cost components of Malaysian RCT micro-costed and analytical framework created and employed for gross-costing in 32 countries selected by three criteria relative to Malaysia: major heroin problem, geographic proximity, and comparable gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.

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SUBMITTER: Ruger JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3419893 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature