Estimating the Dollar Value of Health Outcomes From Drug Abuse Interventions

This study proposes a methodology for estimating the health-related costs of drug abuse and then utilizes the methodology to estimate the value of drug abuse interventions.  The study provides cost estimates for avoiding hepatitis B, HIV/AIDS, TB hypertension, bacterial pneumonia, sexually transmitted diseases for a white male aged 32 years.  The recommended value of loss from symptomatic AIDS is $114,798, for hypertension it is $0 to $74,513 dependent on severity, for severe bacterial pneumonia $161 to $57,528 dependent on severity, and it is $998 to $96,005 for TB dependent on severity. 

French, M. T., Mauskopf, J. A., Teague, J. L., & Roland E. J. (1996). Estimating the dollar value of health outcomes from drug abuse interventions. Medical Care, 34, 890-910. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8792779