A structured instrument for estimating the economic cost of drug abuse treatment

French, Michael T.; Dunlap, Laura; Zarkin, Gary A.; McGeary, Kerry Anne; McLellan, A. Thomas

doi:10.1016/s0740-5472(97)00132-3

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“…The DATCAP has undergone several transformations since the early 1990s to improve clarity, coverage, respondent burden, electronic entry, and precision. For previous versions and improvements on the DATCAP, see French, Dunlap, Zarkin, McGeary, & McLellan (1997); ; Dunlap & French (1998) Roebuck, French, and McLellan (2003) published the first summary article of all DATCAP studies to date, which amounted to 85 substance abuse treatment programs across 9 modalities. Since 2002, at least 25 additional programs have completed the DATCAP.…”

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“…To complete these objectives, we compiled data from 110 substance abuse treatment programs that had completed the Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP) (French, Bradley, Calingaert, Dennis, & Karuntzos, 1994;Bradley, French, & Rachal, 1994;French, Dunlap, Zarkin, McGeary, and McLellan, 1997;Roebuck, French, and McLellan, 2003;www.DATCAP.com). The DATCAP is a program-level data collection instrument designed to estimate the costs of a substance abuse treatment program based on standard economic principles.…”

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The economic costs of substance abuse treatment: Updated estimates and cost bands for program assessment and reimbursement

French

Popovici

Tapsell

2008

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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Federal, State, and local government agencies require current and accurate cost information for publicly funded substance abuse treatment programs to guide program assessments and reimbursement decisions. The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) published a list of modality-specific cost bands for this purpose in 2002. However, the upper and lower values in these ranges are so wide that they offer little practical guidance for funding agencies. Thus, the dual purpose of this investigation was to assemble the most current and comprehensive set of economic cost estimates from the readily-available literature and then use these estimates to develop updated modality-specific cost bands for more reasonable reimbursement policies. Although cost estimates were scant for some modalities, the recommended cost bands are based on the best available economic research, and we believe these new ranges will be more useful and pertinent for all stakeholders of publicly-funded substance abuse treatment.

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The economic costs of substance abuse treatment: Updated estimates and cost bands for program assessment and reimbursement

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Popovici

Tapsell

2008

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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“…The DATCAP provides a consistent and valid method for assessing the economic costs of drug abuse treatment programs from a societal perspective (French et al, 1997). The DATCAP has been used to assess and compare costs of various types of drug abuse treatments (Roebuck et al, 2003).…”

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“…All resources employed in the delivery of the intervention were identified and valued based upon both their actual accounting cost, and the compensation they would have received in their highest and best use. The latter of these two types of costs, known as economic or opportunity costs, is preferred for economic evaluation purposes and is presented in this paper (French et al, 1997).…”

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“…In this report, we used the Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP; French, Dunlap, Zarkin, McGeary, & McLellan, 1997) to estimate the economic costs of implementing phase 1 of the therapeutic workplace intervention. The costs of methadone treatment were based on data from previously published reports (Roebuck, French, & McLellan, 2003).…”

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Economic cost of the therapeutic workplace intervention added to methadone maintenance

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Wong³

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Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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The therapeutic workplace is a novel intervention that uses access to paid training and employment to reinforce drug abstinence within the context of standard methadone maintenance. We used the Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program as a standard method of estimating the economic costs of this intervention. Over a one-year period, the therapeutic workplace served 122 methadone maintenance clients who had a median length of stay of 22 weeks. The workplace maintained a mean daily census of 48 clients. The combined cost of methadone maintenance and the therapeutic workplace was estimated at $362 per week. This cost is less than other treatments that might be used to promote abstinence in individuals who continue to use drugs during methadone treatment. Given prior evidence of effectiveness, these cost data may be useful to policymakers, social service agencies, and researchers interested in using or further developing the therapeutic workplace intervention.

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Letter: Estimating the economic cost of substance abuse treatment

French

McGeary

1997

Health Econ.

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Few studies have estimated the economic costs and benefits of substance abuse treatment services. This paper introduces a data collection instrument and method for estimating the economic cost of substance abuse treatment programs. The Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP) is based on standard economic principles and the method has recently been tested in two drug abuse intervention studies. Findings from case studies at three treatment programmes are presented to demonstrate the feasibility and reliability of the instrument. The estimation methods and results can be used by treatment programmes for self-evaluation purposes and by researchers who are interested in performing cost-effectiveness or benefit-cost analyses of substance abuse services.

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A structured instrument for estimating the economic cost of drug abuse treatment

Cited by 135 publications

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The economic costs of substance abuse treatment: Updated estimates and cost bands for program assessment and reimbursement

The economic costs of substance abuse treatment: Updated estimates and cost bands for program assessment and reimbursement

Economic cost of the therapeutic workplace intervention added to methadone maintenance

Letter: Estimating the economic cost of substance abuse treatment

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