The economic costs of heroin addiction in the United States
The economic costs of heroin addiction in the United States
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DOI：
10.1016/s0376-8716(00)00162-9
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Kleber, HD
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作者：
Mark, TL;Woody, GE;Kleber, HD
这项研究记录了美国海洛因成瘾的成本，包括成瘾者和整个社会。采用疾病成本方法，在四个广泛领域估计了成本：医疗保健、生产力损失、犯罪和社会福利。我们估计1996年美国海洛因成瘾的费用为219亿美元。在这些成本中，生产力损失约占115亿美元（53%），犯罪活动损失约占52亿美元（24%），医疗保健损失约占50亿美元（23%），社会福利损失约占1亿美元（0.5%）。海洛因成瘾造成的巨大经济负担突出了在预防和治疗方面进行投资的重要性。(C) 2001爱思唯尔科学爱尔兰有限公司版权所有。
This study documents the costs of heroin addiction in the United States, both to the addict and society at large. Using a cost-of-illness approach, costs were estimated in four broad areas: medical care, lost productivity, crime, and social welfare. We estimate that the cost of heroin addiction in the United States was US$21.9 billion in 1996. Of these costs, productivity losses accounted for similar to US$11.5 billion (53%), criminal activities US$5.2 billion (24%), medical care US$5.0 billion (23%), and social welfare US$0.1 billion (0.5%). The large economic burden resulting from heroin addiction highlights the importance of investment in prevention and treatment. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.