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| Title |
The Cost Effectiveness of Naltrexone Added to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence
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| Published in |
Journal of Addictive Diseases, April 2009
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| DOI | 10.1080/10550880902772456 |
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| Authors |
David Walters, Jason P. Connor, Gerald F. X. Feeney, Ross McD Young |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the comparative cost of treating alcohol dependence with either cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alone or CBT combined with naltrexone (CBT+naltrexone). Two hundred ninety-eight outpatients dependent on alcohol who were consecutively treated for alcohol dependence participated in this study. One hundred seven (36%) patients received adjunctive pharmacotherapy (CBT+naltrexone). The Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program was used to estimate treatment costs. Adjunctive pharmacotherapy (CBT+naltrexone) introduced an additional treatment cost and was 54% more expensive than CBT alone. When treatment abstinence rates (36.1% CBT; 62.6% CBT+naltrexone) were applied to cost effectiveness ratios, CBT+naltrexone demonstrated an advantage over CBT alone. There were no differences between groups on a preference-based health measure (SF-6D). In this treatment center, to achieve 100 abstainers over a 12-week program, 280 patients require CBT compared with 160 CBT+naltrexone. The dominant choice was CBT+naltrexone based on modest economic advantages and significant efficiencies in the numbers needed to treat. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 62 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Peru | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 12 | 19% |
| Unknown | 7 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 32% |
| Psychology | 14 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 4 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 15% |
| Unknown | 7 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 January 2017.
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#2,097,971
of 23,607,611 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Addictive Diseases
#47
of 527 outputs
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#6,432
of 94,969 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Addictive Diseases
#3
of 5 outputs
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