Evaluation of psychoactive substance use disorder treatment, workbook 8: economic evaluations.
Year: 2000
Type: report
Abstract: What is an economic evaluation? p.8 \nWhy do an economic evaluation? p.9 \nHow to do a cost evaluation: general steps p.10 \n1. Defining the economic question and the perspective of the study \n2. Determining the treatments to be evaluated \n3. Choosing the study design \n4. Identifying, measuring and valuing the costs of the alternative treatments \n5. Identifying, measuring and valuing the benefits of the alternative treatments 6. Adjusting costs and benefits for differential timing \n7. Measuring the incremental costs and benefits \n8. Putting the costs and benefits of the alternatives together and analysing the results \n9. Testing the sensitivity of results \nConclusion and a practical recommendation p.29 \nSample questionnaires p.30 \nDiscounting tables p.31 \nCase example of economic evaluation \nCost-effectiveness evaluation of substance misuse interventions p.33
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7094367839