InfoAlert: Cost utility analysis of co-prescribed heroin compared with methadone maintenance treatment in heroin addicts in two randomised trials / BMJ, 4 Jun 20

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Cost utility analysis of co-prescribed heroin compared with methadone maintenance treatment in heroin addicts in two randomised trials / BMJ, 4 Jun 20

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/330/7503/1297
Marcel G W Dijkgraaf ; Bart P van der Zanden ; Corianne A J M de Borgie ; Peter Blanken ; Jan M van Ree ; Wim van den Brink
"Prescribing methadone plus heroin to chronic, treatment resistant addicts is less costly than methadone alone because it reduces criminal behaviour."