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Opioid dependence imposes a range of costs on individuals, families, communities and society, and understanding these costs is important to inform policy and decision making in this area, especially when budgets for services to address challenges such as substance misuse are under pressure. This report sets out the findings of a targeted review of the harms of opioid dependence, and an assessment of existing estimates of the costs of opioid dependence. A proposed framework for developing new, more comprehensive estimates of the costs of opioid dependence is outlined.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Harms associated with opioid dependence
Chapter Three
Description of included estimates of the cost of opioid dependence
Chapter Four
Existing estimates of the costs of opioid dependence
Chapter Five
A framework to estimate the costs of opioid dependence
Appendix A
Methodology for the REA and review of background literature
Appendix B
Treatments available for opioid dependence
Appendix C
Definitions of dependence
Appendix D
Description of included studies
Appendix E
Adjusted cost estimates
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