Economic Evaluation of Adolescent Addiction Programs: Methodologic Challenges and Recommendations

TY - JOUR

T1 - Economic Evaluation of Adolescent Addiction Programs: Methodologic Challenges and Recommendations

AU - Homer, Jenny F.

AU - Drummond, Michael F.

AU - French, Michael T.

PY - 2008/12

Y1 - 2008/12

N2 - This article identifies and describes several methodologic challenges encountered in economic evaluations of substance abuse interventions for adolescents. Topics include study design, the choice of perspective, the estimation of costs and outcomes, and the generalizability of results. Recommendations are offered for confronting these challenges using examples from research on adolescent substance abuse and dependency/addiction. (c) 2008 Society for Adolescent Medicine. All rights reserved.

AB - This article identifies and describes several methodologic challenges encountered in economic evaluations of substance abuse interventions for adolescents. Topics include study design, the choice of perspective, the estimation of costs and outcomes, and the generalizability of results. Recommendations are offered for confronting these challenges using examples from research on adolescent substance abuse and dependency/addiction. (c) 2008 Society for Adolescent Medicine. All rights reserved.

KW - Adolescent addiction

KW - Substance abuse programs

KW - Economic evaluation

KW - Costs

KW - Benefits

KW - OUTPATIENT MARIJUANA TREATMENT

KW - ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

KW - COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS

KW - MULTISITE FIELD EXPERIMENT

KW - SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

KW - DRUG-TREATMENT

KW - MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY

KW - TREATMENT OUTCOMES

KW - ABUSE

KW - ALCOHOL

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=56249106187&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.06.022

DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.06.022

M3 - Literature review

SN - 1054-139X

VL - 43

SP - 529

EP - 539

JO - Journal of Adolescent Health

JF - Journal of Adolescent Health

IS - 6

ER -