Cost-effectiveness analysis of a continuing care intervention for cocaine-dependent adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The study conducts a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) of a continuing care Telephone Monitoring and Counseling (TMC) intervention for adults diagnosed with cocaine dependence. Participants were randomly assigned to a control condition of intensive outpatient treatment only (treatment-as-usual, or TAU; N=108), or to one of two treatment conditions featuring TMC (N=106) and TMC plus incentives (TMC-plus; N=107). Follow-up assessments were conducted over a 2-year period.

Methods

Intervention and client costs were collected with the program and client versions of the Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP). Effectiveness was measured as the number of days abstinent during follow-up. Secondary analyses consider alternative measures of effectiveness and t

SUBMITTER: McCollister K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4698077 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature