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DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY
卷 14, 期 1, 页码 1-17出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09687630600828714
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alcohol; costs; policy; treatment
AIM: To determine which treatments for risky or dependent alcohol consumption provide the best health outcomes for a given expenditure. Methods: Economic evaluation expressing results in cost per unit outcome, from the perspective of the Australian healthcare system. Interventions considered include brief interventions; psychosocial interventions (motivational approaches, cognitive-behavioural approaches and self-guided materials); and pharmacotherapies (acamprosate and naltrexone). Treatment outcomes and standard treatment costs were measured for selected studies, and costs per unit outcome were calculated. Findings: Twenty-nine studies were selected for the analysis. As treatment outcomes were not consistently expressed in a single unit across interventions, two outcomes were used in the analysis: percentage change in alcohol consumption and percentage change in the proportion of abstinent days. Brief interventions provided the best cost per unit outcome, followed by psychosocial interventions, then pharmacotherapies. Conclusions: By using two treatment outcomes instead of one we demonstrated that some treatments for alcohol dependence provide better value for money, but as a result we were unable to complete a formal health economic evaluation. Consistent measurement of alcohol consumption outcomes in research studies would facilitate similar economic evaluations in the future. This work illustrates the difficulties of using research studies with non-comparable outcomes to inform policy on the cost-effectiveness of different treatments.
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