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Costs of an Alcohol Measurement Intervention in Three Latin American Countries

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  • Adriana Solovei

    (Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands)

  • Jakob Manthey

    (Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Center for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research (ZIS), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
    Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Semmelweisstraße 10, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Peter Anderson

    (Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK)

  • Liesbeth Mercken

    (Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University Postbus 2960, 6401DL Heerlen, The Netherlands)

  • Eva Jané Llopis

    (Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands
    ESADE Business School, University Ramon Llull, Av. de Pedralbes, 60, 62, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, CAMH, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada)

  • Guillermina Natera Rey

    (Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, Mexico City 14370, Mexico)

  • Augusto Pérez Gómez

    (Corporación Nuevos Rumbos, Calle 108 A # 4-15, Bogota 110111, Colombia)

  • Juliana Mejía Trujillo

    (Corporación Nuevos Rumbos, Calle 108 A # 4-15, Bogota 110111, Colombia)

  • Inés Bustamante

    (School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb Ingeniería, Lima 15102, Peru)

  • Marina Piazza

    (School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb Ingeniería, Lima 15102, Peru)

  • Alejandra Pérez de León

    (Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, Mexico City 14370, Mexico)

  • Miriam Arroyo

    (Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, Mexico City 14370, Mexico)

  • Hein de Vries

    (Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands)

  • Jürgen Rehm

    (Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
    Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, CAMH, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
    Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, 8th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada)

  • Silvia Evers

    (Department of Health Services Research CAPHRI Care, Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, POB 616, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands)

Abstract

Alcohol measurement in health care settings is an effective intervention for reducing alcohol-related harm. However, in many countries, costs related to alcohol measurement have not yet been transparently assessed, which may hinder its adoption and implementation. Costs of an alcohol measurement programme in three upper-middle-income Latin American countries were assessed via questionnaires and compared, as part of the quasi-experimental SCALA study. Additional to the intervention costs, the costs of three implementation strategies: standard training and clinical package, intensive training and clinical package, and community support, were assessed and subsequently translated into costs per additional alcohol measurement session. Results demonstrated that costs for one alcohol measurement session ranged between Int$ 0.67 and Int$ 1.23 in Colombia, Int$ 1.19 and Int$ 2.57 in Mexico, and Int$ 1.11 and Int$ 2.14 in Peru. Costs were mainly driven by the salaries of the health professionals. Implementation strategies costs per additional alcohol measurement session ranged between Int$ 1.24 and Int$ 6.17. In all three countries, standard training and a clinical package may be a promising implementation strategy with a relatively low cost per additional alcohol measurement session.

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  • Adriana Solovei & Jakob Manthey & Peter Anderson & Liesbeth Mercken & Eva Jané Llopis & Guillermina Natera Rey & Augusto Pérez Gómez & Juliana Mejía Trujillo & Inés Bustamante & Marina Piazza & Alejan, 2022. "Costs of an Alcohol Measurement Intervention in Three Latin American Countries," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-19, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:700-:d:720450
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    1. Jakob Manthey & Syed Ahmed Hassan & Sinclair Carr & Carolin Kilian & Sören Kuitunen-Paul & Jürgen Rehm, 2021. "What are the Economic Costs to Society Attributable to Alcohol Use? A Systematic Review and Modelling Study," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 39(7), pages 809-822, July.
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