French Michael T, Popovici Ioana, Tapsell Lauren
Department of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124-2030, USA.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2008 Dec;35(4):462-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.12.008. Epub 2008 Feb 21.
Federal, state, and local government agencies require current and accurate cost information for publicly funded substance abuse treatment programs to guide program assessments and reimbursement decisions. The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment published a list of modality-specific cost bands for this purpose in 2002. However, the upper and lower values in these ranges are so wide that they offer little practical guidance for funding agencies. Thus, the dual purpose of this investigation was to assemble the most current and comprehensive set of economic cost estimates from the readily available literature and then use these estimates to develop updated modality-specific cost bands for more reasonable reimbursement policies. Although cost estimates were scant for some modalities, the recommended cost bands are based on the best available economic research, and we believe that these new ranges will be more useful to and pertinent for all stakeholders of publicly funded substance abuse treatment.
联邦、州和地方政府机构需要有关公共资助的药物滥用治疗项目的最新且准确的成本信息,以指导项目评估和报销决策。药物滥用治疗中心于2002年为此发布了一份特定治疗方式成本区间清单。然而,这些区间的上限和下限范围如此之广,以至于它们为资助机构提供的实际指导很少。因此,本调查的双重目的是从现有文献中收集最新、最全面的经济成本估算,然后利用这些估算来制定更新的特定治疗方式成本区间,以制定更合理的报销政策。尽管某些治疗方式的成本估算很少,但推荐的成本区间是基于现有的最佳经济研究得出的,我们相信这些新的范围将对公共资助的药物滥用治疗的所有利益相关者更有用且更相关。