Provider costs of treating opioid dependence with extended‐release buprenorphine in Australia
With medication costs making up the largest proportion of treatment costs, treatment using BUP-XR has the potential to free up other health system resources, for example, staff time. The costs reported in this study can be used in an economic evaluation to estimate the net benefit or cost-effectiveness of BUP-XR especially when compared to other opioid agonist treatments.
Authors
- Suzanne Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5341-1055)
- Louisa Degenhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8513-2218)
- Adrian Dunlop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2394-5966)
- Jon Cook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8663-9152)
- Robert Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2905-8153)
- M.A. McDonough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4664-6942)
- Robert E. Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3648-8522)
- Jeyran Shahbazi
- Jason Grebely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1833-2017)
- Stella Settumba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8514-7770)
- Briony Larance (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3800-7673)
- Marianne Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3489-2532)
- Nicholas Lintzeris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5229-8257)
- Michael Farrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7008-8130)
- Craig Rodgers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1777-2941)
- Alison Blazey
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- Frankston Hospital (AU)
- Alcohol and Drug Foundation (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- O'Brien Institute (AU)
- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Eastern Health (AU)
- Western Health (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Hunter New England Local Health District (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug and Alcohol Review
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13956
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of New South Wales