Health economic design for cost, cost-effectiveness and simulation analyses in the HEALing Communities Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) is designed to implement and evaluate the Communities That HEAL (CTH) intervention, a conceptually driven framework to assist communities in selecting and adopting evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdose deaths. The goal of the HCS is to produce generalizable information for policy makers and community stakeholders seeking to implement CTH or a similar community intervention. To support this objective, one aim of the HCS is a health economics study (HES), the results of which will inform decisions around fiscal feasibility and sustainability relevant to other community settings.

Methods

The HES is integrated into the HCS design: an unblinded, multisite, parallel arm, cluster randomized, wait list-controlled trial of t

SUBMITTER: Aldridge AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7532345 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature