{"id":4506,"date":"2015-12-03T16:13:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T21:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2015-12-11T16:31:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T21:31:52","slug":"saving-with-supervised-injection-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/saving-with-supervised-injection-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving with supervised injection sites<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SMCC-english2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SMCC-english2.jpg\" alt=\"SMCC-english2\" width=\"255\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating supervised injection facilities in Toronto and Ottawa would be a cost-effective way to prevent people from developing hepatitis C, according to an updated analysis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The researchers believe there is an 86 per cent chance one or more supervised injection facilities would be cost-effective in Toronto, and a 90 per cent chance in Ottawa. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They note these are conservative estimates as the team only considered facilities in freestanding buildings; incorporating the supervised site into existing health facilities could potentially reduce the costs. They considered new treatment options for hepatitis C, which are more effective, but also more expensive, than the treatments available when the analysis was first done in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/add.13195\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in <em>Addiction\u00a0<\/em>on <strong><em>November 30<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0author<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eva A. Enns, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gregory S. Zaric, Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Ontario<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carol J. Strike, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Ontario<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating supervised injection facilities in Toronto and Ottawa would be a cost-effective way to prevent people from developing hepatitis C, according to an updated analysis.\u00a0 The researchers believe there is an 86 per cent chance one or more supervised injection facilities would be cost-effective in Toronto, and a 90 per cent chance in Ottawa. 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