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Treatment of heroin dependence: effectiveness, costs, and benefits of methadone maintenance
(Traitement de la dépendance à l'héroïne : efficacité, coûts et bénéfices de la maintenance à la méthadone.)
Auteur(s) :
SCHILLING R. ;
DORNIG K. ;
LUNGREN L.
Année
2006
Page(s) :
48-56
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Français
Refs biblio. :
59
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
HEROINE
;
DEPENDANCE
;
COUT
;
TRAITEMENT
;
METHADONE
;
TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCE
;
SUBSTITUTION
;
EFFICACITE
Note générale :
Research on Social Work Practice, 2006, 16, (1), 48-56
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Objectives: Social workers will increasingly be required to attend to the cost-effectiveness of practices, programs, and policies. In the area of substance abuse, there is little evidence to suggest that social workers decisions are based on evidence of either effectiveness or costs. Method: This article provides an overview of existing evidence on the effectiveness, costs, and benefits of methadone maintenance in the treatment of opiate addiction. Results: Methadone maintenance is a demonstrably cost-effective treatment for heroin dependence. Conclusions: As yet, social workers do not appear to be aware of either the effectiveness or the cost advantages of methadone. Because findings supporting the cost-effectiveness of methadone are stronger than in most areas of social work practice, the extent to which social workers appropriately refer and advocate for clients who can benefit from this treatment can be seen as a bellwether of how the profession will perform in the emerging era of cost-effectiveness.
Affiliation :
Department of Social Welfare, School of Public Affairs, and the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services, and the UCLA AIDS Institute, at the University of California-Los Angeles. Email : rfs@ucla.edu [Schilling R.]
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
A02921