Integrated treatment program for alcohol related problems in community hospitals, Songkhla province of Thailand: A social return on investment analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the impacts and social value relative to the cost of the Integrated Management of Alcohol Intervention Program in the Health Care System (i-MAP) on direct beneficiaries, using a Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis.

Method

A mixed-method approach was conducted among stakeholders and 113 drinkers (29 low-risk, 43 high-risk, and 41 dependent drinkers) who consecutively received i-MAP at four community hospitals in Songkhla province of Thailand. Resources for program implementation as well as drinking and a list of psychosocial outcomes, selected through stakeholder interviews, were measured among participants during and at the sixth month after participation, respectively. SROI (societal benefit-to-cost) ratio of i-MAP was estimated over a 5-year

SUBMITTER: Tanaree A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6314591 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature