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Costs and Benefits of Methadone Treatment for Women and Men Who Left Before or Were Still in Treatment at Follow-up

Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies

Abstract

Methods

Results

Table 1 Sample Characteristics According to Gender and Treatment Duration

Table 1 (Continued) Sample Characteristics According to Gender and Treatment Duration

Table 2 Tangible Costs of Individual Crimesa

Table 3 Estimates of Annual Cost of Treatment, Average Daily Cost, Average Annual Length of Treatment Episode, and Average Cost per Treatment Episode

Table 4 Estimated Costs of Crime to Society Before, During, and After Treatment

Table 5 During and After Treatment Estimated Crime Costs, Benefits, and Benefit/Cost Ratios

Crime Costs Before vs After Treatment

Total Crime-Cost Benefits of Methadone Treatment

Conclusions

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Other information: The Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies (DATOS) is NIDA’s third national evaluation of treatment effectiveness. It is based on over 10,000 admissions during 1991-1993 to 96 community-based treatment programs in 11 large U.S. cities. Findings from the three Research Centers (at NDRI, TCU, and UCLA) collaborating with NIDA on this large project are summarized in this web site.