title: Economic Costs of a Postrelease Intervention for Incarcerated Female Substance Abusers: Recovery Management Checkups for Women Offenders (RMC-WO).
abstract: This study estimates the economic costs of Recovery Management Checkups for Women Offenders (RMC-WO), highlighting the unique mix of services and differential costs between two distinct phases of the intervention. Participants were randomly assigned to quarterly outcome monitoring (OM) only (n=242) or OM plus Recovery Management Checkups (OM-plus-RMC) (n=238). The OM-only condition has a total annual economic cost of $76,010, which equates to $81 quarterly per person. The average cost per OM interview completed is $86. OM-plus-RMC generates a total annual economic cost of $126,717, or $137 quarterly per person. The cost per interview completed is $147 and the cost per intervention session completed is $161. RMC-WO has a relatively modest additional cost compared with the average costs of post-release supervision, which can range from $3.42 ($1,250) per day (year) for probationers to $7.47 ($2,750) per day (year) for parolees. The clinical, economic, and policy implications of incorporating RMC-WO into existing corrections and/or community-based treatment settings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: McCollister
authors.affiliation: Chestnut Health Systems, Normal, IL 61761, USA.
authors.forename: Christy K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Chestnut Health Systems, Normal, IL 61761, USA.
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Derek M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: French
authors.affiliation: Chestnut Health Systems, Normal, IL 61761, USA.
authors.forename: Rodney R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Funk
keywords: cost analysis; economic analysis; outcome monitoring; recovery management; women offenders