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Establishing the feasibility of performance measures for alcohol and other drugs
(Etablir la faisabilité des mesures de performance des services de traitement pour l'alcool et autres psychotropes)
Auteur(s) :
GARNICK D. W. ;
LEE, M. T. ;
CHALK M. ;
GASTFRIEND, D. ;
HORGAN C. M. ;
MCCORRY F. ;
McLELLAN, A. T. ;
LEVY MERRICK, E.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
375-385
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
30
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Note générale :
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002, 23, (4), 375-385
Note de contenu :
graph. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The Washington Circle (a mufti-disciplinary group of providers, researchers, managed care representatives, and public policy representatives) examined three performance measures for alcohol and other drug (AOD) services. These measures, which were developed and applied to managed care organizations' administrative data for their commercial enrollees, are: (a) identification, the percent of adult enrollees with AOD diagnoses; (b) initiation, the percent of adults with an inpatient AOD admission or with an index outpatient visit for AOD abuse or dependence and any additional AOD services within 14 days of identification; and (c) engagement, the percent of adults diagnosed with AOD disorders that receives two additional AOD services within 30 days of the initiation of care. We conclude that using administrative databases to compare managed care organizations' performance is feasible, meaningful and informative. The article discusses issues in interpreting performance measures in several areas: organizational structure of alcohol and other drug services, information available for measurement, and computational issues. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Schneider Inst. Hlth. Policy, Heller Sch. Social Policy Management, Brandeis Univ., 415 South st, Waltham, MA 02454-9110. E-mail : garnickbrandeis.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.