Health‐care costs among people who use methamphetamine in Australia

Drug treatment costs accounted for more than half of total health care costs, representing a substantial financial burden. Detox and rehab treatment costs more but saved costs in health services use. HSU costs among people who had severe mental health problems and injected methamphetamine were substantially high. Strategies to support these groups are necessary to reduce the cost burden.

Authors

Grant E. Sara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3762-1711)
Rory Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-2682)
Rebecca McKetin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2833-4830)
Anh Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8677-4637)

Institutions

The University of Sydney (AU)
UNSW Sydney (AU)
Northern Sydney Local Health District (AU)
National Health and Medical Research Council (AU)

Publication Details

Journal: Drug and Alcohol Review
Published: 2025-03-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.14043
Citations: 1
Primary Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 1.35

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Health‐care costs among people who use methamphetamine in Australia

Grant E. Sara, Rory Chen, Rebecca McKetin, Anh Tran

Mar 20, 2025

1 citations

Drug and Alcohol Review

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

1.35

article

Health‐care costs among people who use methamphetamine in Australia

Grant E. Sara, Rory Chen, Rebecca McKetin, Anh Tran

March 20, 2025article en

1 citations

Abstract

Drug treatment costs accounted for more than half of total health care costs, representing a substantial financial burden. Detox and rehab treatment costs more but saved costs in health services use. HSU costs among people who had severe mental health problems and injected methamphetamine were substantially high. Strategies to support these groups are necessary to reduce the cost burden.

Drug and Alcohol ReviewVol. 44(4)

The University of Sydney (AU), UNSW Sydney (AU), Northern Sydney Local Health District (AU), National Health and Medical Research Council (AU)

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Openalex Percentile: Top 22%

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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