在瑞典,非法毒品使用的社会成本
Thomas Hofmarcher1, Anne Leppänen2, Anna Månsdotter3
1IHE - The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, Råbygatan 2, 22361 Lund, Sweden.
The International journal on drug policy
|November 30, 2023
概括
非法毒品使用在2020年使瑞典损失了37亿欧元,影响了公众健康和经济. 这凸显了需要基于证据的预防和治疗策略,以解决药物依赖及其社会后果.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 非法药物使用在全球和瑞典都构成了重大公共卫生挑战.
- 与欧洲相比,瑞典面临着日益增长的毒品使用和高的药物诱导死亡率.
- 估计非法毒品使用的社会成本对于明智的政策制定至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为瑞典提供与非法毒品使用相关的社会成本的全面和最新估计.
- 利用注册和行政数据进行准确的成本评估.
- 量化非法毒品使用的直接,间接和无形成本.
主要方法:
- 2020年,针对瑞典进行了一项基于患病率的疾病成本研究.
- 采取了社会视角,包括直接 (医疗保健,社会服务,刑事司法),间接 (生产力丧失,过早死亡) 和无形 (生活质量下降) 成本.
- 来自注册表,行政来源和调查的数据与单位成本数据相结合.
主要成果:
- 2020年瑞典非法毒品使用的总社会成本估计为37亿欧元.
- 这一成本占人均355欧元,占国内生产总值 (GDP) 的0.78%.
- 直接和无形成本分别占总量的约40%,而间接成本约为20%;生活质量下降和刑事司法成本是最大的组成部分.
结论:
- 非法药物使用对瑞典实现良好和公平健康的目标产生负面影响.
- 调查结果强调需要基于证据的药物使用预防和成治疗.
- 解决同时出现的心理健康问题,开发可访问的服务,为年轻人实施早期预防,并评估与毒品有关的法律至关重要.
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