This report, prepared for the Government of Vietnam, details
the first economic evaluation comparing the effectiveness and
cost-effectiveness of the two dominant drug dependence treatment approaches in
Vietnam: compulsory center-based rehabilitation (CCT) and voluntary
community-based methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in Hai Phong City,
Vietnam.
This economic evaluation research follows internationally
recognized economic evaluation principles and methods. The research aims to
compare the costeffectiveness of the two dominant drug dependence treatment
approaches in Vietnam: the center-based compulsory rehabilitation approach
(CCT) and community-based voluntary methadone treatment (MMT), using three
years of data on costs and effectiveness (2012-2015) in Hai Phong City. This is
the first research on this topic ever conducted in Vietnam as well as in Southeast
Asia.
With the approval of the People’s Committee of Hai Phong
City, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs provided official
data on the costs of CCT modality and the Department of Health provided
official data on the costs of MMT clinics. The independent research teams of
UNSW Australia, Hanoi Medical University, and Hai Phong University of Medicine
and Pharmacy collected the data on costs and effectiveness and conducted the
data analysis. Within the partnership framework between FHI 360 and the
Advisory Board to the Chairman of the National Committee on HIV/AIDS, Drugs and
Prostitution Control (NCADP) signed on 24 June 2014, the Advisory Board
organized a meeting for the research team to present the preliminary research
findings. The Advisory Board facilitated the discussions for input and comments
from the relevant national government agencies. Based on this input and
comments, the research team finalized the data analysis and prepared the final
research report. The Advisory Board organized another meeting on 17 April 2015
for the research team to present the official research findings to the relevant
national government agencies and international organizations as the first step
in disseminating the research findings. This report has incorporated the
comments and input of the participants of the meeting on 17 April 2015.
The ultimate goal of this research is to provide scientific
evidence to assist Vietnamese government leaders in evidence-based drug policy
decision making for more effective allocation of resources, particularly in the
context of declining international funding and a limited national government
budget.
Full document at: http://goo.gl/NEDXlz
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