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The cost of providing primary health-care services from a needle and syringe program: A case study

Date

Authors

Islam, Md Mofizul

Shanahan, Marian

Topp, Libby

Conigrave, Katherine

White, Ann

Day, Carolyn

Publisher

Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

Introduction and Aims: Targeted primary health-care services for injecting drug users have been established in several countries to reduce barriers to health care, subsequent poor health outcomes and the considerable costs of emergency treatment. The long

Keywords

Keywords: article; economics; health care cost; human; needle; preventive health service; primary health care; syringe; Health Care Costs; Humans; Needle-Exchange Programs; Needles; Primary Health Care; Syringes Cost analysis; Injecting drug use; Low-threshold health care; Needle syringe program; Primary health care

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/81473

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Drug and Alcohol Review

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/dar.12019

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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