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[Costs of a low payment maintenance treatment with methadone]
M C Pellín1, C Gimeno, J Barril
1División de Toxicología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante. mc.pellin@umh.es
Background:
Little is known about the cost of methadone maintenance treatments in opioid-dependent individuals.
Patients And Methods:
Calculation of cost was achieved by applying an activity-based costing and management method from Conselleria de Sanitat of Catalonia, Spain (1997).
Results:
The cost of each methadone dose was 76 ptas. First medical visits cost 4,517 ptas. Urine tests cost 760 ptas. Transportation amounted to 18,895 ptas.
Conclusion:
Such a costing method is applicable and reveals the low cost of this methadone maintenance treatment in opioid-dependent subjects.
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