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The drug abuse treatment system : prospects for reform

Title
The drug abuse treatment system : prospects for reform / John G. Haaga, Elizabeth A. McGlynn.
Author
Haaga, John, 1953-
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • McGlynn, Elizabeth A.
  • Drug Policy Research Center (U.S.)
Description
xi, 37 pages; 28 cm
Summary
Among various issues for increasing the effectiveness of the drug abuse treatment system are matching clients with treatment programs and improving program accountability. From a practical perspective, no tool is currently available to assist agencies make better matches, and in many communities the number of alternatives (i.e., truly different program content and philosophy) is limited. Moreover, there is no conclusive scientific evidence to support any particular matching strategy. And it is unclear whether the policy goal should be to improve the probability of positive individual outcomes or to reduce aggregate drug use. Research is needed to inform the practical and theoretical issues. Although improved accountability is clearly needed, previous approaches have not been successful. New proposals for outcome monitoring are worth pursuing, although providers' responses could defeat the purpose of reforms. Finally, there is a need for studies that will help set reasonable performance standards.
Subject
  • Drug abuse > Treatment > Government policy > United States
  • Drug abuse > Treatment > Evaluation. > United States
  • Psychiatry > Differential therapeutics > United States
  • Medical policy
  • Substance-Related Disorders > therapy
  • Health Policy
  • Substance Abuse Treatment Centers > standards
  • Program Evaluation
  • Medical policy
  • Drug abuse > Treatment > Evaluation
  • Drug abuse > Treatment > Government policy
  • Psychiatry > Differential therapeutics
  • Drogenabhängigkeit
  • Drogentherapie
  • Gesundheitsfürsorge
  • United States
  • USA
Note
  • "Drug Policy Research Center."
  • "MR-226-DPRC"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-37).
ISBN
  • 0833013777
  • 9780833013774
LCCN
93001445
OCLC
  • ocm27974773
  • 27974773
  • SCSB-1986786
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library