Economic evaluation of Suboxone® for substitution treatment of opioid drug dependence in Portugal

Background: According to a recent Portuguese study the prevalence of lifetime consumption of heroin in the global population (age range: 15-74 years) is 0.5%. Methadone is the standard pharmacological treatment, while buprenorphine has been available since 1999 as an alternative treatment. Neverthel...

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Main Author: Gouveia, Miguel (author)
Other Authors: Sousa, Rita (author), Costa, João (author), Borges, Margarida (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34034
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/34034