Title: The cost benefit analysis between methadone maintenance treatment and compulsory detoxification
Abstract: Objectives:This study is focusing on the cost-benefit analysis on methadone maintenace treatment project and compulsory detoxification work.Methods:Based on the questionnaire survey and interview designed according to the investigation on the cost and treatment effects of eight clinics for methadone maintenace treatment(clinics for short)and three compulsory detoxification centers,the study uses the method and theory of health economics to make an analysis.Results:All the costs of the three compulsory detoxification centers,whether the total costs or the costs per person-time,are higher than those of the clinics located in the same districts.In the aspect of decreasing drug use amount,the cost-benefit ratios of the eight clinics are fluctuating between 8∶1 and 26∶1;the cost-benefit ratios of the three compulsory detoxification ceters are fluctuating between 6∶1 and 20∶1.In the aspect of the patient obtaining employment again after treating for a period,the methadone maintenace treatment project has social and economic benefits to some extent.Suggestions:Actively developing methadone maintenance treatment in the areas with high HIV infection rate is one way of the effective behavior interventions controlling drug abuse and managing drug users.The function of methadone maintenance treatment and compulsory detoxification is mutual promotion and complementory each other.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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