Development of a framework to estimate the cost of opioid dependence

Emma Disley ; Andrew W. Mulcahy ; Mafalda Pardal ; Jennifer Rubin ; Kai Ruggeri

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Measuring Health Care Costs;    Prescription Drug Abuse;    Illegal Drugs;    Opioids;   

DOI  :  10.7249/RR406
RP-ID  :  RR-406-RBP

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

Opioid dependence imposes a range of costs on individuals, families, communities and society, and understanding these costs is important to inform policy and decision making in this area, especially when budgets for services to address challenges such as substance misuse are under pressure. This report sets out the findings of a targeted review of the harms of opioid dependence, and an assessment of existing estimates of the costs of opioid dependence. A proposed framework for developing new, more comprehensive estimates of the costs of opioid dependence is outlined.