Page 2489 - Week 06 - Thursday, 10 May 2012
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(7) What is the total number of patients in this program and how many receive a fee exemption.
(8) What relapse prevention program does the Government offer such patients and what (a) are the components to this program and corresponding costs and (b) is the average cost per patient.
(9) What are the components of the Government’s Naloxone program and corresponding costs.
(10) How many clients are there in the program referred to in part (9).
(11) What is the cost per client for the program referred to in part (9).
Ms Gallagher: I am advised that the answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) There is one Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT) Program in the ACT. The pharmacotherapy used for OMT in the ACT is either Methadone or Buprenorphine. This program is co-ordinated through the ACT Government Health Directorate Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS).
(2) The number of patients that are respectively being treated under the programs can be found in the table under question 3.
(3) The number of patients referred to in part (2) , from 2008 to present is as follows:
|
2007/2008 |
2008/2009 |
2009/2010 |
2010/2011 |
2011/2012 | |
|
Total |
822 |
825 |
835 |
865 |
883 |
(4) The per patient costs in the corresponding years are as follows;
|
2007/2008 |
2008/2009 |
2009/2010 |
2010/2011 |
2011/2012 | |
|
Total expenditure |
1,700,000 |
1,900,000 |
2,200,000 |
2,500,000 |
2,660,000 |
|
Expenditure per client/week ($) |
40 |
44 |
50 |
55 |
57 |
(5) Advice from the Medical Addiction Specialist is that there is no mortality associated with detoxification from opioids.
(6)
(a) Total costs for the program are described in the table under Question 4. Clients contribute $15 per week towards the cost of their treatment.
Some clients are exempted from payment in accordance with Harm Minimisation principles. This includes clients at AMC.
Depending on the classification within the program some clients are exempt from payment and other clients contribute $15 per week toward the cost of their treatment.
(b) Total costs for the program is described in the table under Question 4.
Participating community pharmacies receive a subsidy from the ACT Government of $20 plus indexation per client per week. This is included in the above expenses.
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