Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Economic Evaluation Comparing Center-based Compulsory Drug Treatment With Community-based Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Hai Phong City, Vietnam
Brief Summary: The study compared the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two dominant heroin dependence treatment approaches: center-based compulsory rehabilitation (CCT) and community-based voluntary methadone treatment (MMT) in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. The design was a combined retrospective and prospective, non-randomized cohort over three years (with data at five time-points). The study was conducted between 2012 and 2015, involving 208 CCT participants and 384 MMT participants with heroin dependence.