Cost-effectiveness analysis of Canada’s National Overdose Response Service

The NORS intervention is a cost-effective and cost-saving strategy for reducing fatal overdose risk over a lifetime, offering substantial population-level health benefits and a critical opportunity to mitigate overdose fatalities amid shifting harm reduction policies and threatened supervised consumption site closures.

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BMJ Open
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2026-03-01
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100895
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Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of Canada’s National Overdose Response Service

Dylan Viste, Will Rioux, Sumantra Monty Ghosh, Ben Enns
BMJ Open
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of Canada’s National Overdose Response Service

Dylan Viste, Will Rioux, Sumantra Monty Ghosh, Ben Enns
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Abstract

The NORS intervention is a cost-effective and cost-saving strategy for reducing fatal overdose risk over a lifetime, offering substantial population-level health benefits and a critical opportunity to mitigate overdose fatalities amid shifting harm reduction policies and threatened supervised consumption site closures.

BMJ OpenVol. 16(3)
University of Alberta (CA), University of Calgary (CA), Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (CA)
Good health and well-being
Openalex Percentile: Top 11%
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
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