French M T, McGeary K A
Department of Economics, University of Miami, Florida 33136, USA.
Health Econ. 1997 Sep-Oct;6(5):539-44. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199709)6:5<539::aid-hec295>3.0.co;2-0.
Few studies have estimated the economic costs and benefits of substance abuse treatment services. This paper introduces a data collection instrument and method for estimating the economic cost of substance abuse treatment programs. The Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP) is based on standard economic principles and the method has recently been tested in two drug abuse intervention studies. Findings from case studies at three treatment programmes are presented to demonstrate the feasibility and reliability of the instrument. The estimation methods and results can be used by treatment programmes for self-evaluation purposes and by researchers who are interested in performing cost-effectiveness or benefit-cost analyses of substance abuse services.
很少有研究对药物滥用治疗服务的经济成本和效益进行估算。本文介绍了一种用于估算药物滥用治疗项目经济成本的数据收集工具和方法。药物滥用治疗成本分析项目（DATCAP）基于标准经济原则，该方法最近已在两项药物滥用干预研究中进行了测试。文中呈现了三个治疗项目的案例研究结果，以证明该工具的可行性和可靠性。治疗项目可将估算方法和结果用于自我评估，对药物滥用服务进行成本效益或效益成本分析感兴趣的研究人员也可使用这些方法和结果。
