Economic Evaluations of Clinical Interventions for Substance Use Disorder: Overview and Emerging Methods
Dr Ali Jalali and Dr Shashi Kapadia (Weill Cornell Medicine)
online
An International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) Conversations Webinar, organised by Early-Mid-Career Researcher Special Interest Group (EMCR) in collaboration with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV (CHERISH).
CHERISH develops and disseminates health economics research on healthcare utilisation, health outcomes, and health-related behaviours that inform substance use disorder treatment policies and the HCV and HIV care of people who use substances.
Speakers will be Dr Ali Jalali and Dr Shashi Kapadia, who are both Research Affiliates at CHERISH and faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr Ali Jalali will provide an overview of economic evaluations in the context of substance use disorder treatment interventions, with Dr Shashi Kapadia, moderating. You will learn:
- The overall purpose and approach to economic evaluations alongside clinical interventions
- How to apply best practices for determining intervention costs
- How to review approaches to estimating cost-effectiveness, including common statistical issues encountered