An economic evaluation of the parent-child assistance program for preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Alberta, Canada.
Parent-Child Assistance Program (P-CAP) is a 3-year home visitation/harm reduction intervention to prevent alcohol exposed births, thereby births with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, among high-risk women. This article used a decision analytic modeling technique to estimate the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and the net monetary benefit of the P-CAP within the Alberta Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Service Networks in Canada. The results indicate that the P-CAP is cost-effective and support placing a high priority not only on reducing alcohol use during pregnancy, but also on providing effective contraceptive measures when a program is launched.
Institute of Health Economics, 1200, 10405 Jasper Ave., Edmonton, AB, T5J 3N4, Canada, tnguyen@ihe.ca.
Nguyen Xuan
NX
Thanh
Egon
E
Jonsson
Jessica
J
Moffatt
Liz
L
Dennett
Anderson W
AW
Chuck
Shelley
S
Birchard
D000416:Alberta; D064829:Alcohol Abstinence; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019090:Case Management / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D017059:Models, Econometric