Economic Cost of Drug Use
Economic Cost of Drug Use
Categories: Drug Use & Consequences, Drug Policy & Trends, Modeling & Forecasting
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
PI: Rosalie Pacula
Start Date: May 2006
End Date: April 2010
The specific aims of this 4-year study are to estimate the total economic cost of drug abuse in the United States using a more traditional economics approach and adopting a chronic disease perspective. A microsimulation modeling technique is used to evaluate costs from an epidemiological standpoint, empirically accounting for the uncertainty and heterogeneity of costs and consequences that occur among drug users.
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