A systematic review of economic evaluations for opioid misuse, cannabis and illicit drug use prevention.
Jan FallerLong Khanh-Dao LeMary Lou ChattertonJoahna Kevin PerezOxana ChiotelisHuong Ngoc Quynh TranMarufa SultanaNatasha HallYong Yi LeeCath ChapmanNicola NewtonTim SladeMatt SunderlandMaree TeessonCathrine MihalopoulosPublished in: BJPsych open (2023)
There are limited economic evaluations of preventive interventions for opioid misuse, cannabis and illicit drug use. Family-based intervention (ParentCorps), school-based interventions (Social and Emotional Training and Project ALERT) and a doctor's programme to assess patient risk of misusing narcotics ('the Network System to Prevent Doctor-Shopping for Narcotics') show promising cost-effectiveness and warrant consideration.