Economic Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, Financing, and Community-Based Drug Treatment

摘要

The technical review used three main themes to organize issues on basic drugabuse treatment. First, the review focused on the development of the latest cost estimates associated with drug abuse and considered new approaches to improve the methodology. Second, issues surrounding the state of cost-effectiveness research of alternative drug treatments were dealt with in four chapters. Third, a review of drug treatment financing from the public and private perspectives examined how funding the delivery of drug treatment and other appropriate services was undertaken. Finally, suggested services research opportunities and data collection needs were examined, building on presentations made throughout the technical review.