Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2005
Cost effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems: findings of the randomised UK alcohol treatment trial (UKATT).
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- Health-Related Resource-Use Measurement Instruments for Intersectoral Costs and Benefits in the Education and Criminal Justice Sectors.PharmacoEconomics · 2017Pooled it
- The estimation of utility weights in cost-utility analysis for mental disorders: a systematic review.PharmacoEconomics · 2013Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing for substance abuse.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- A pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of an adjunct brief social network intervention in opiate substitution treatment services.BMC psychiatry · 2018Trial
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- ADAPTA: A pilot randomised controlled trial of an alcohol-focused intervention versus a healthy living intervention for problem drinkers identified in a general hospital setting.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Trial
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- Quality of life among hazardous and harmful drinkers: EQ-5D over a 1-year follow-up period.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2014Trial
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- Effectiveness of screening and brief alcohol intervention in primary care (SIPS trial): pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2013Trial
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- Cost-effectiveness of peer-delivered interventions for cocaine and alcohol abuse among women: a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2012Trial
- Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in probation services: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol.BMC public health · 2009Trial
- Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol.BMC public health · 2009Trial
- Screening and brief interventions for hazardous alcohol use in accident and emergency departments: a randomised controlled trial protocol.BMC health services research · 2009Trial
- Evaluating real-time internet therapy and online self-help for problematic alcohol consumers: a three-arm RCT protocol.BMC public health · 2009Trial
- Cost and cost-effectiveness of the COMBINE study in alcohol-dependent patients.Archives of general psychiatry · 2008Trial
- The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and stepped care interventions for older hazardous alcohol users in primary care (AESOPS) - a randomised control trial protocol.BMC health services research · 2008Trial
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the cost effectiveness of social behaviour and network therapy, a new treatment for alcohol problems, with that of the proved motivational enhancement therapy.
designCost effectiveness analysis alongside a pragmatic randomised trial.
settingSeven treatment sites around Birmingham, Cardiff, and Leeds.
participants742 clients with alcohol problems; 617 (83.2%) were interviewed at 12 months and full economic data were obtained on 608 (98.5% of 617). Main economic measures Quality adjusted life years (QALYs), costs of trial treatments, and consequences for public sector resources (health care, other alcohol treatment, social services, and criminal justice services).
resultsBoth therapies saved about five times as much in expenditure on health, social, and criminal justice services as they cost. Neither net savings nor cost effectiveness differed significantly between the therapies, despite the average cost of social behaviour and network therapy (221 pounds sterling; 385 dollars; 320 euros) being significantly more than that of motivational enhancement therapy (129 pounds sterling). If a QALY were worth 30,000 pounds sterling, then the motivational therapy would have 58% chance of being more cost effective than the social therapy, and the social therapy would have 42% chance of being more cost effective than the motivational therapy.
conclusionParticipants reported highly significant reductions in drinking and associated problems and costs. The novel social behaviour and network therapy did not differ significantly in cost effectiveness from the proved motivational enhancement therapy.
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