The economics of preventing drug use: An introduction to the issues




Document purpose
• To introduce and discuss key issues in the
economics of drug prevention.
• To describe the utility of data derived from
economic evaluation of drug prevention
interventions.
• To encourage economic evaluation of drug
prevention interventions in the UK.

Target audience
• Government officials and policy makers.
• Executives, senior managers, commissioners and
budget holders.
• Academics, designers, planners and evaluators of
drug prevention projects.


Description
• The use of economic evidence is growing in
popularity as a basis for decision-making,
particularly in curative areas.
• Economic evaluation offers the opportunity for
planners of drug prevention policy and services
to be more efficient with, and to prioritise, the
finite resources available for implementation.
• This document provides an overview of the health
economics of drug prevention and discusses
different methods of conducting such analyses.

Reader objectives
• Learn about key issues in economic evaluations.
• Understand how economics can be applied to drug
prevention.
• Gain an overview of previous studies in this area.
• Develop an understanding of good practice in
economic evaluation, in addition to acquiring
relevant critical appraisal skills.
• Understand the importance of incorporating
economic evaluation into drug prevention policyand
decision-making.

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