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标题：Evidence-based prevention of cannabis use in flanders is there a role for health economic evaluation?
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作者：N Matthys ; G Van Hal ; P Beutels 等
期刊名称：Archives of Public Health
印刷版ISSN：0778-7367
电子版ISSN：0778-7367
出版年度：2010
卷号：67
期号：4
页码：146
DOI：10.1186/0778-7367-67-4-146
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Cannabis is a popular drug in Flanders, in spite of the fact that the prevention of its use lists high on the Flemish political agenda. The Flemish Government aims to prevent cannabis use efficiently and in achieving this, a health economic analysis could be helpful. The possibilities and limitations of applying economic evaluation techniques to the prevention of substance (ab)use, are discussed in this paper. A thorough literature search, interviews with key persons, an internet search and an analysis of unpublished reports and documents was performed. The interrelation between various forms of substance use, and of the array of strategies to prevent this (including the costs thereof), seems to demand a joint evaluation of multiple substances. More than methodological difficulties, the general lack of knowledge on age- and time-specific health and income effects caused by various forms of substance (ab)use, currently makes the evidence-based evaluation of prevention of cannabis use in Flanders a virtually impossible undertaking.
关键词：Belgium ; cannabis ; evidence-based medicine ; medical economics ; prevention ; programme effectiveness