Costs of an Alcohol Measurement Intervention in Three Latin American Countries

Adriana Solovei, Jakob Manthey, Peter Anderson, Liesbeth Mercken, Eva Jané Llopis, Guillermina Natera Rey, Augusto Pérez Gómez, Juliana Mejía Trujillo, Inés Bustamante, Marina Piazza, Alejandra Pérez de León, Miriam Arroyo, Hein de Vries, Jürgen Rehm and Silvia Evers
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Adriana Solovei: Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands
Jakob Manthey: Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Peter Anderson: Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands
Liesbeth Mercken: Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eva Jané Llopis: Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands
Guillermina Natera Rey: Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
Augusto Pérez Gómez: Corporación Nuevos Rumbos, Calle 108 A # 4-15, Bogota 110111, Colombia
Juliana Mejía Trujillo: Corporación Nuevos Rumbos, Calle 108 A # 4-15, Bogota 110111, Colombia
Inés Bustamante: School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb Ingeniería, Lima 15102, Peru
Marina Piazza: School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb Ingeniería, Lima 15102, Peru
Alejandra Pérez de León: Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
Miriam Arroyo: Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Calz México-Xochimilco 101, Huipulco, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
Hein de Vries: Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6229HA Maastricht, The Netherlands
Jürgen Rehm: Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Silvia Evers: Department of Health Services Research CAPHRI Care, Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, POB 616, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: Alcohol measurement in health care settings is an effective intervention for reducing alcohol-related harm. However, in many countries, costs related to alcohol measurement have not yet been transparently assessed, which may hinder its adoption and implementation. Costs of an alcohol measurement programme in three upper-middle-income Latin American countries were assessed via questionnaires and compared, as part of the quasi-experimental SCALA study. Additional to the intervention costs, the costs of three implementation strategies: standard training and clinical package, intensive training and clinical package, and community support, were assessed and subsequently translated into costs per additional alcohol measurement session. Results demonstrated that costs for one alcohol measurement session ranged between Int$ 0.67 and Int$ 1.23 in Colombia, Int$ 1.19 and Int$ 2.57 in Mexico, and Int$ 1.11 and Int$ 2.14 in Peru. Costs were mainly driven by the salaries of the health professionals. Implementation strategies costs per additional alcohol measurement session ranged between Int$ 1.24 and Int$ 6.17. In all three countries, standard training and a clinical package may be a promising implementation strategy with a relatively low cost per additional alcohol measurement session.

Keywords: alcohol measurement; alcohol control; costs; training; community support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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