Economic Evaluations of Opioid Use Disorder Interventions

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 863-887

  Murphy, Sean M ^a   Polsky, Daniel ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE PLUS NALOXONE; DIAMORPHINE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE; METHADONE;

AFTERCARE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIOID USE DISORDER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PROCEDURES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; METHADONE; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84961825601     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40273-016-0400-5     Document Type: Review

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