Substance-Abuse Treatment and Mortality∗
نویسنده
چکیده
Drug-overdose deaths, which have more than doubled over the past decade, represent a growing public-health concern. Though substance-abuse treatment may be effective in reducing drug abuse, evidence for a causal effect of treatment on drug-related mortality is lacking. I analyze the effect of substance-abuse treatment on mortality by exploiting county-level variation in treatment facilities driven by facility openings and closings. The estimates indicate that a 10-percent increase in facilities lowers a county’s drug-induced mortality rate by 2 percent. The estimated effects persist across individual and county characteristics and further indicate that spillovers of treatment reduce other related causes of death.
منابع مشابه
Characterizing Mortality from Substance Abuse in Iran: An Epidemiological Study during March 2014 to February 2015
Background: Drug abuse is a severe and chronic disorder that leaves morbidity, disability and premature mortality in the society. The study of death due to substance abuse provides useful information for local, national and international administrators. Thus, by identifying the factors that have an impact on overdose-related mortality we can provide suitable intervention for vulnerable groups. ...
متن کاملMortality Rates Due to Substance and Stimulants Abuse in Corpses Submitted to the Forensic Medicine Organization of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province during 2013-2018
Aims: Addiction as a social problem is a phenomenon that destroyed the ability of society to organize and maintain the order of actual affairs, and it is one of the major causes of early death. The aim of the present research was to determine the mortality rates due to substance and stimulant abuse in the deceased submitted to the forensic medicine department of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad who d...
متن کاملAnalysis of Mortality Rate of Illicit Substance Abuse and its Trend in Five Years in Iran, 2014-2018
Background: Addiction and drug misuse is an illness that affects every community in every country. Based on the previous research in many parts of the world, illicit drug use is considered as a well-known risk factor for morbidity, disability, and premature mortality. Although this issue is a hot topic for public health, little studies have looked the epidemiol...
متن کاملEFFECTIVENESS OF MINDFULNESS-BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION ON CRAVING AND EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION IN ADOLESCENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Background & Aims: Substance use is one of the most widespread and expensive health problems in current society. Usual medical treatments are often not therapeutic and a relapse is prevalent. This research aimed to investigate and compare the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and mindfulness-based substance abuse treatment (MBSAT) on improving craving and emotional...
متن کاملدرمان مبتنی بر پذیرش و تعهد و اختلالات مصرف مواد: مروری نظری و پژوهشی
Substance abuse disorder is define as frequent and abnormal use of drugs and/or alcohol often resulting in considerable distress and dysfunction in personal, social, and occupational activities. There are various treatment approaches to address substance abuse disorders. However, treatment of substance abuse disorders remains difficult, so much so that frequent relapses is a complicating fe...
متن کامل