Economic Evaluations of Establishing Opioid Overdose Prevention Centers in 12 North American cities : A Systematic Review

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OBJECTIVES: Overdose prevention centers (OPCs) provide a safe place where people can consume preobtained drugs under supervision so that a life-saving medical response can be provided quickly in the event of an overdose. OPCs are programs that are established in Canada and have recently become legally sanctioned in only a few United States jurisdictions.

METHODS: We conducted a systematic review that summarizes and identifies gaps of economic evidence on establishing OPCs in North America to guide future expansion of OPCs.

RESULTS: We included 16 final studies that were evaluated with the Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards and Drummond checklists. Eight studies reported cost-effectiveness results (eg, cost per overdose avoided or cost per quality-adjusted life-year), with 6 also including cost-benefit; 5 reported only cost-benefit results, and 3 cost offsets. Health outcomes primarily included overdose mortality outcomes or HIV/hepatitis C virus infections averted. Most studies used mathematical modeling and projected OPC outcomes using the experience of a single facility in Vancouver, BC.

CONCLUSIONS: OPCs were found to be cost-saving or to have favorable cost-effectiveness or cost-benefit ratios across all studies. Future studies should incorporate the experience of OPCs established in various settings and use a greater diversity of modeling designs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research - (2024) vom: 22. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Behrends, Czarina N [VerfasserIn]
Leff, Jared A [VerfasserIn]
Lowry, Weston [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jazmine M [VerfasserIn]
Onuoha, Erica N [VerfasserIn]
Fardone, Erminia [VerfasserIn]
Bayoumi, Ahmed M [VerfasserIn]
McCollister, Kathryn E [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Sean M [VerfasserIn]
Schackman, Bruce R [VerfasserIn]

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Cost-effectiveness analysis
Journal Article
Overdose prevention centers
Review
Systematic literature review

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Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.jval.2024.02.004

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NLM368917703