ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF INTERVENTIONS FOR PROBLEM DRINKING AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE: COST PER QALY ESTIMATES
Author(s) -
Duncan Mortimer,
Leonie Segal
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agh192
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , quality adjusted life year , economic evaluation , medicine , cost–benefit analysis , cost effectiveness , psychiatry , risk analysis (engineering) , pathology , ecology , biology
To compare the performance of competing and complementary interventions for prevention or treatment of problem drinking and alcohol dependence. To provide an example of how health maximising decision-makers might use performance measures such as cost per quality adjusted life year (QALY) league tables to formulate an optimal package of interventions for problem drinking and alcohol dependence.
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