The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992
Table 7.3
Economic Costs of Drug Abuse, 1992 (millions of dollars)
|
Total Cost |
Abuser and Household |
Total |
Government |
Private Insurance |
Victims of Abusers |
|
Federal |
State/Local |
| HEALTH CARE COSTS |
Drug treatment - community |
$2,838 |
325 |
1,827 |
851 |
976 |
686 |
|
Drug treatment - Federal |
$292 |
|
292 |
292 |
|
|
|
Drug prevention |
$726 |
|
726 |
616 |
110 |
|
|
Drug research, training |
$401 |
|
401 |
375 |
26 |
|
|
Drug treatment insurance admin. |
$143 |
|
104 |
48 |
56 |
39 |
|
Treatment of comorbidity |
$5,266 |
976 |
2,233 |
1,690 |
542 |
1,948 |
108 |
Comorbidity insurance admin. |
$265 |
|
142 |
107 |
34 |
123 |
|
| PRODUCTIVITY COSTS |
| Mortality - PDV1 life earnings @ 6% |
$14,527 |
8,204 |
4,459 |
2,542 |
1,917 |
292 |
1,620 |
| Morbidity - lost earnings |
$15,682 |
8,141 |
7,541 |
5,095 |
2,446 |
|
|
| Victims of crime - lost earnings |
$2,059 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,059 |
| Incarceration - inmate lost earnings |
$17,907 |
13,250 |
4,657 |
2,655 |
2,002 |
|
|
| Crime career - foregone legit. Earnings |
$19,198 |
11,655 |
4,992 |
2,846 |
2,147 |
|
2,551 |
| OTHER EFFECTS ON SOCIETY |
| Crime - criminal justice system and property |
$17,970 |
348 |
17,429 |
4,481 |
12,948 |
|
193 |
| Social welfare administration |
$337 |
|
337 |
271 |
66 |
|
|
| Motor vehicle crashes |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fire destruction |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
$97,659 |
42,899 |
45,140 |
21,870 |
23,270 |
3,089 |
6,531 |
Source: Analysis by The Lewin Group.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1"PDV" refers to the present discounted value of life earnings, calculated using a 6-percent discount rate.
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