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Estimating the health care burden of prescription opioid abuse in five European countries

Overview of attention for article published in ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research: CEOR, September 2015
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Title
Estimating the health care burden of prescription opioid abuse in five European countries
Published in
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research: CEOR, September 2015
DOI 10.2147/ceor.s85213
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Amie Shei, Matthew Hirst, Noam Y Kirson, Caroline J Enloe, Howard G Birnbaum, William C N Dunlop

Abstract

Opioid abuse, including abuse of prescription opioids ("RxOs") and illicit substances like heroin, is a serious public health issue in Europe. Currently, there is limited data on the magnitude of RxO abuse in Europe, despite increasing public and scientific interest in the issue. The purpose of this study was to use the best-available data to derive comparable estimates of the health care burden of RxO abuse in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom (EU5). Published data on the prevalence of problem opioid use and the share of opioid abuse patients reporting misuse of non-heroin opioids were used to estimate the prevalence of RxO abuse in the EU5 countries. The costs of RxO abuse were calculated by applying published estimates of the incremental health care costs of opioid abuse to country-specific estimates of the costs of chronic pain conditions. These estimates were input into an economic model that quantified the health care burden of RxO abuse in each of the EU5 countries. Sensitivity analyses examined key assumptions. Based on best-available current data, prevalence estimates of RxO abuse ranged from 0.7 to 13.7 per 10,000 individuals across the EU5 countries. Estimates of the incremental health care costs of RxO abuse ranged from €900 to €2,551 per patient per year. The annual health care cost burden of RxO abuse ranged from €6,264 to €279,927 per 100,000 individuals across the EU5 countries. This study suggests that RxO abuse imposes a cost burden on health systems in the five largest European countries. The extent of RxO abuse in Europe should be monitored given the potential for change over time. Continued efforts should be made to collect reliable data on the prevalence and costs of RxO abuse in Europe to facilitate an accurate characterization of the extent of this potentially growing problem.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 1 1%
Unknown 80 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 15 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 14%
Researcher 8 10%
Student > Master 7 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 5%
Other 12 15%
Unknown 24 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 26%
Social Sciences 6 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 5%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 5%
Other 15 19%
Unknown 27 33%
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