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USA. Stanford Team Reveals Cost-Effective and Life-Saving Treatment for Nation's Opioid Disorder Epidemic

USA. Stanford Team Reveals Cost-Effective and Life-Saving Treatment for Nation's Opioid Disorder Epidemic

A Stanford team of decision scientists with colleagues at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System developed a mathematical model to assess the cost-effectiveness of various interventions to treat opioid use disorder. They looked at the cost-effectiveness from two perspectives: the health-care sector and the criminal justice system. (Stanford Health Policy, USA, 31.03.2021)

https://healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/news/stanford-team-reveals-cost-effective-and-life-saving-treatment-opioid-disorder