Cost-effectiveness of emergency department-initiated treatment for opioid dependence.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

In a recent randomized trial, patients with opioid dependence receiving brief intervention, emergency department (ED)-initiated buprenorphine and ongoing follow-up in primary care with buprenorphine (buprenorphine) were twice as likely to be engaged in addiction treatment compared with referral to community-based treatment (referral) or brief intervention and referral (brief intervention). Our aim was to evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness of these three methods of intervening on opioid dependence in the ED.

Design

Measured health-care use was converted to dollar values. We considered a health-care system perspective and constructed cost-effectiveness acceptability curves that indicate the probability each treatment is cost-effective under different

SUBMITTER: Busch SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5657503 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature