Journal article
The economic cost of outpatient marijuana treatment for adolescents: findings from a multi-site field experiment
Addiction (Abingdon, England), v 97 Suppl 1(s1), pp 84-97
Dec 2002
PMID: 12460131
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Abstract
Despite recent advances in the economic evaluation of adult substance abuse treatment, information and basic research is lacking on the cost of adolescent substance abuse treatment. The present study conducted an economic cost analysis of several outpatient adolescent treatment approaches.
The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) study evaluated five structured treatments for cannabis-using adolescents. One of the approaches was implemented by all of the four geographically and institutionally diverse treatment facilities collaborating in CYT; each of the other four approaches was implemented in two of the sites. Using the Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP), the economic cost of each site-specific treatment was determined.
The average economic costs of the five types of outpatient treatments ranged from $837 to $3334 per episode, and varied by both direct factors (e.g. hours of treatment, treatment retention) and indirect factors (e.g. cost of living, staff level, case-load variation).
These adolescent treatment cost estimates are examined in terms of their calculation, variability by condition, variability by site within condition and comparability with previous DATCAP results from outpatient drug-free programs for adults. Future research will integrate treatment outcomes and costs to complete cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analyses of the five therapies.
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- Title
- The economic cost of outpatient marijuana treatment for adolescents: findings from a multi-site field experiment
- Creators
- Michael T French - Medical University of South CarolinaM Christopher Roebuck - AdvancePCSMichael L Dennis - Chestnut Health SystemsGuy Diamond - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaSusan H Godley - Chestnut Health SystemsFrank Tims - Operation PARCharles Webb - University of Connecticut Health CenterJames M Herrell - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Publication Details
- Addiction (Abingdon, England), v 97 Suppl 1(s1), pp 84-97
- Grant note
- TI11317 / CSAT SAMHSA HHS TI11324 / CSAT SAMHSA HHS TI11320 / CSAT SAMHSA HHS TI11321 / CSAT SAMHSA HHS 3P50 DA11506 / NIDA NIH HHS R01DA11506 / NIDA NIH HHS TI11323 / CSAT SAMHSA HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Center for Family Intervention Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000179892800008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0036909205
- Other Identifier
- 991019292224604721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychiatry
- Substance Abuse