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Out-Of-Pocket Cost of Drug Abuse Consequences: Results From Iranian National Mental Health Survey; [Cout Des Paiements Directs Engendres Par L’Abus De Substances Psychoactives: Resultats De L’Enquete Nationale Iranienne Sur La Sante Mentale] Publisher Pubmed



Aminesmaeili M1 ; Hefazi M2 ; Radgoodarzi R1 ; Motevalian A3 ; Sharifi V4 ; Hajebi A5 ; Rahimimovaghar A1
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  1. 1. Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Published:2017


Abstract

Drug abuse has significant cost to the individual, the family and the society. This study aimed to assess out of-pocket costs of consequences of drug use disorder. Data were drawn from the Iranian Mental Health Survey (IranMHS) through face-to-face interviews with 7841 respondents aged 15–64 years. We used a bottom-up cost-of-illness method for economic analysis. Out-of-pocket costs for treatment of mental and drug problems, treatment of medical illnesses, as well as costs of crimes were assessed. The average of total annual expense was US$ 2120.6 for those with drug use disorder, which was 23.5% of annual income of an average Iranian family in the year 2011. The average of total out-of-pocket cost was US$ 674.6 for those with other mental disorder and US$ 421.9 for those with no mental disorder. Catastrophic payment was reported in 47.6% of the patients with drug use disorder and 14.4% of those with other mental disorder. Thus, considerable amount of family resources are spent on the consequences of drug use. © 2017, World Health Organization. All rights reserved.
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