Cost-effectiveness analysis of a large jail-based methadone maintenance treatment continuation program in New Mexico
The U.S. has the second-highest incarceration rate in the world and spends more than $80 billion annually to house inmates. The clinical research literature suggests that methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is an effective method to treat opioid use disorders (OUD) and that jails are a potentially valuable environment to implement MMT. Currently, jail-based MMT is rarely implemented in practice, due in part to resource limitations and other economic considerations. The primary goal of this study was to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) of jail-based MMT using data from a unique MMT continuation program located in a large urban jail in New Mexico.
Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - Category: Addiction Authors: Brady P. Horn, Xiaoxue Li, Barbara McCrady, Paul Guerin, Michael T. French Source Type: research
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