title: Cost/benefit estimates from ongoing alcoholism outcome research: a working paper.
abstract: There is an increasing emphasis on cost-effectiveness for all forms of treatment, occurring in parallel with constraints on research dollars. It would therefore seem useful for investigators to try to use ongoing research data as a basis for demonstrating a positive economic impact when outcome data are available. Some thoughts and figures are presented from a large alcoholism project, for which there were also some treatment outcomes. These data permitted dollar estimates, in terms of community impact, which are offered as a basis for further discussion. Although crude, these types of estimates are seen as vital in making the economic arguments, which parallel those for the human misery side of substance abuse.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged