Conducting economic evaluations of screening and brief intervention for hazardous drinking: Methods and evidence to date for informing policy

Issues. Many policy review articles have concluded that alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) is both cost‐effective and cost‐beneficial. Yet a recent cost‐effectiveness review for the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence suggests that these conclusion...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol review 2010-11, Vol.29 (6), p.623-630
Main Authors: COWELL, ALEXANDER J., BRAY, JEREMY W., MILLS, MICHAEL J., HINDE, JESSE M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholism - diagnosis
Alcoholism - prevention & control
Brief interventions
Cost analysis
Cost benefit analysis
Cost effectiveness
cost-effectiveness analysis
Counseling - economics
economic evaluation
hazardous drinking
Health Policy
Humans
Mass Screening
Primary Health Care
Problem drinking
Screening
screening and brief intervention
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Summary:Issues. Many policy review articles have concluded that alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) is both cost‐effective and cost‐beneficial. Yet a recent cost‐effectiveness review for the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence suggests that these conclusions may be premature. Approach. This article offers a brief synopsis of the various types of economic analyses that may be applied to SBI, including cost analysis, cost‐effectiveness analysis, cost‐utility analysis, cost‐benefit analysis and other types of economic evaluation. A brief overview of methodological issues is provided, and examples from the SBI evaluation literature are provided. Key Findings, Implications and Conclusions. The current evidence base is insufficient to draw firm conclusions about the cost, cost‐effectiveness or cost‐benefit of SBI and about the impact of SBI on health‐care utilisation.[Cowell AJ, Bray JW, Mills MJ, Hinde JM. Conducting economic evaluations of screening and brief intervention for hazardous drinking: Methods and evidence to date for informing policy. Drug Alcohol Rev 2010;29;623–630]
ISSN:0959-5236
1465-3362
DOI:10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00238.x