The cost of opioid use disorder and the value of aversion, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Summary/Excerpts
The objective of this study was twofold. First, to update and estimate the economic burden of opioid use disorder (OUD) to the U.S. from the perspectives of the healthcare sector, taxpayer, and society, overall and by age. Second, to estimate the mean present value of averting an OUD, overall and by age, for use in economic evaluations of prevention-focused interventions.
Key Statistics
Total annual cost of opioid use disorder (OUD) to U.S. society in 2018 was $786.8 billion.
The mean value of preventing an OUD across all ages in the U.S. was estimated to be $2.2 million for society, $325,125 for taxpayers, and $244,030 for the healthcare sector.
Citation
Sean M. Murphy, The cost of opioid use disorder and the value of aversion, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Volume 217, 2020, 108382, ISSN 0376-8716, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108382.