Treating patients with opioid overdose at a primary care emergency outpatient clinic: a cost-minimization analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treating patients with acute poisoning by substances of abuse in a primary care emergency clinic has previously been shown to be a safe strategy. We conducted an economic evaluation of this strategy compared to hospital treatment, which is the usual strategy.

Methods

Assuming equal health outcomes, we conducted a cost-minimization analysis. We constructed a representative opioid overdose patient based on a cohort of 359 patients treated for opioid overdose at the Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic (OAEOC) from 1.10.2011 to 30.9.2012. Using a health care system perspective, we estimated the expected resources used on the representative patient in primary care based on data from the observed OAEOC cohort and on information from key informants at the OAEOC

SUBMITTER: Vibeto JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8335998 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature