Advanced search
Publication Cover
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs Volume 42, 2010 - Issue sup6: SARC Supplement No. 6. Research to Policy: California Substance Abuse Research Consortium Meetings 2009
Submit an article Journal homepage
108
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Inside the Black Box: Measuring Addiction Treatment Services and Their Relation to Outcomes

Desirée Crèvecoeur-MacPhail Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
,
Loretta Ransom Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
,
Ana Ceci Myers Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
,
Jeffrey J. Annon Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
,
Nancy Diep Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
,
Rachel Gonzales Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
,
Richard A. Rawson Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
,
John Viemes County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, Los Angeles, CA
,
Wayne Sugita County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, Los Angeles, CA
&
James Barger County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, Los Angeles, CA
 show all
Pages 269-276 | Published online: 14 Sep 2011

REFERENCES

  • Crèvecoeur , D. , Rutkowski , B. and Rawson , R. A. 2007 . The rise in treatment admissions for methamphetamine use in Los Angeles County from 2001 through 2005 . Journal of Psychoactive Drugs SARC Suppl , 4 : 383 – 92 .
  • Crèvecoeur , D. A. , Finnerty , B. and Rawson , R. A. 2002 . Los Angeles County Evaluation System (LACES): Bringing accountability to alcohol and drug abuse treatment through a collaboration between providers, payers, and researchers . Journal of Drug Issues , 32 ( 3 ) : 865 – 79 .
  • Garnick , D. W. , Lee , M. T. , Horgan , C. M. and Acevedo A. & Washington Circle Public Sector Workgroup . 2009 . Adapting Washington Circle performance measures for public sector substance abuse treatment systems . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 36 ( 3 ) : 265 – 77 .
  • Garnick , D. W. , Horgan , C. M. , Lee , M. T. , Panas , L. , Ritter , G. A. , Davis , S. A. , Leeper , T. , Moore , R. and Reynolds , M. 2007 . Are Washington Circle performance measures associated with decreased criminal activity following treatment? . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 33 : 341 – 52 .
  • Garnick , D. W. , Lee , M. T. , Chalk , M. , Gastfriend , D. R. , Horgan , C. M. , McCorry , F. , McLellan , A. T. and Merrick , E. L. 2002 . Establishing the feasibility of performance measures for alcohol and other drugs . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 23 : 375 – 85 .
  • Harris , A. H.S. 2006 . VA Care for Substance Use Disorder Patients: Indicators of Facility and VISN Performance (Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005). Palo Alto, CA : Program Evaluation and Resource Center and HSR&D Center for Healthcare Evaluation. .
  • Hubbard , R. L. , Craddock , S. G. and Anderson , J. 2003 . Overview of 5-year follow-up outcomes in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies (DATOS) . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 25 : 125 – 34 .
  • Hubbard , R. , Craddock , S. , Flynn , P. , Anderson , J. and Etheridge , R. 1997 . Overview of 1-year follow-up outcomes in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DPOS) . Psychology of Addictive Behaviors , 11 : 178 – 261 .
  • Kimberly , J. R. and McLellan , A. T. 2006 . The business of addiction treatment: A research agenda . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 31 ( 3 ) : 213 – 19 .
  • Knott , A. M. , Corredoira , R. and Kimberly , J. 2008 . Improving consistency and quality of service delivery: Implications for the addiction treatment field . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 35 : 99 – 108 .
  • McCarty , D. , McGuire , T. G. , Harwood , H. J. and Field , T. 1998 . Using state information systems for drug abuse services research . American Behavioral Scientist , 41 ( 8 ) : 1090 – 1106 .
  • McLellan , A. 1997 . “ Evaluating effectiveness of addiction treatments: Reasonable expectations, appropriate comparisons. ” . In Treating Drug Abusers Effectively. Edited by: Egertson , J. , Fox , D. and Leshner , A. Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers. .
  • McLellan , A. T. , Chalk , M. and Bartlett , J. 2007 . Outcomes, performance, and quality—what's the difference? . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 32 ( 4 ) : 331 – 40 .
  • Panas , L. , Caspi , Y. , Fourier , E. and McCarty , D. 2003 . Performance measures for outpatient substance abuse services: Group versus individual counseling . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 25 : 271 – 8 .
  • Simpson , D. 1995 . Client engagement and change during drug abuse treatment . Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 7 : 117 – 34 .
  • Wholey , J. S. 1999 . Performance-based management: Responding to the challenges . Public Productivity and Management Review , 22 ( 3 ) : 288 – 307 .
  • Wright , K. N. 2005 . Designing a national performance measurement system . Prison Journal , 85 ( 3 ) : 368 – 93 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.