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Assessing State Regulation of Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the U.S. along a Quality Continuum: Research Paper Series, No. 34


 

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Publisher: ImpacTeen

Author(s): J.F. Chriqui; S.K. Eidson; D.C. McBride; W. Scott; V. Capoccia; F.J. Chaloupka

Research Area: Health

Type: Report

Abstract:

In their report, Assessing State Regulations of Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the U.S. along a Quality Continuum, Jamie Chriqui, Ph.D., and colleagues examine the quality and performance measurement indicators that the 50 states and the District of Columbia have incorporated into their laws. Quality measures include "structural measures," that relate to program capacity (authorization, staff-client ratio) and "process measures," which relate to program accountability (quality assurance and inspections). Performance measures include recognition of treatment need, treatment provisions and maintenance of treatment effects. The authors also relate states' positions on a quality/ performance-measures continuum that they developed based on work by the Institute of Medicine, Avedis Donabedian, M.D., and the Washington Circle Group. One end of the continuum favors the treatment program, while the other favors client outcomes.