Updated Cost Effectiveness Analysis of the Navy Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program

Abstract

A previous cost benefit analysis of the Navy drug and alcohol rehabilitation program equated the value of benefits to the avoided replacement costs of the service members successfully rehabilitated. This thesis updates this study. In particular, this thesis considers the replacement cost model and identifies an improvement to the previous methodology. The previous model misspecifies average replacement costs and overestimates the program benefits. A new rehabilitation treatment model is developed within this thesis. The value of the rehabilitation benefit is based on the Navy's desired manning objective. This more accurately reflects the rehabilitation benefit as the Navy downsizes its force structure. Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation cost, Treatment cost.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA277227

Entities

People

  • Katherine D. Erb

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Readiness
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Cost Models
  • Data Analysis
  • Drug Abuse
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Naval Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • Schools
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse Science in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis