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标题：What Price Drug Use? The Contribution of Economics to an Evidence-Based Drugs Policy
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作者：Ziggy MacDonald
期刊名称：Discussion Papers / University of Leicester, Department of Economics
出版年度：2001
卷号：2001
出版社：Leicester
摘要：Thi s paper pr esent s a r evi ew of t he r ecent econom i cs l i t er at ur e i n t he ar ea of i l l i ci t dr ug use. Par t i cul ar at t ent i on i s pai d t o t he econom i cs of addi ct i on and t he r at i onal addi ct i on m odel , t he wel f ar e econom i cs f r am ew or k f or anal ysi ng t he soci al cost s of dr ug use, and t he at t em pt s t hat have been m ade by econom i st s t o eval uat e r ecent or pr oposed pol i cy i nt er vent i ons. A dom i nant t hem e i n t hi s r evi ew i s t he pr obl em of poor dat a avai l abi l i t y. Thi s i s par t i cul ar l y t r ue when i t com es t o i mpl em ent i ng t he Rat i onal A ddi ct i on m odel , but i t i s al so appar ent i n t he l i t er at ur e on est i mat i ng t he cost s of i l l i ci t dr ug use t o soci et y as a w hol e. One of t he mai n concl usi ons of t hi s r evi ew i s t hat unt i l r ecent l y publ i c pol i cy has not been par t i cul ar l y i nf l uenced by r esear ch car r i ed out by econom i st s. I t i s not cl ear whet her t hi s i s because econom i st s have had t o gr appl e wi t h i nadequat e dat a, and hence t hei r concl usi ons ar e couched i n uncer t ai nt y, or whet her i t i s because dr ugs r esear cher s have assum ed a ver y l i mi t ed r ol e f or econom i st s i n t hei r anal ysi s.