[Costs of a low payment maintenance treatment with methadone].
BACKGROUND
Little is known about the cost of methadone maintenance treatments in opioid-dependent individuals.


METHODS
Calculation of cost was achieved by applying an activity-based costing and management method from Conselleria de Sanitat of Catalonia, Spain (1997).


RESULTS
The cost of each methadone dose was 76 ptas. First medical visits cost 4,517 ptas. Urine tests cost 760 ptas. Transportation amounted to 18,895 ptas.


CONCLUSIONS
Such a costing method is applicable and reveals the low cost of this methadone maintenance treatment in opioid-dependent subjects.
Pellín
M C
MC
División de Toxicología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante. mc.pellin@umh.es
Gimeno
C
C
Barril
J
J
Climent
J M
JM
Vilanova
E
E
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D008691:Methadone / Q000191:economics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009294:Narcotics / Q000191:economics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*
D009294:Narcotics; D008691:Methadone