Schneider Institutes for Health Policy
Research Publication Summary
| Citation: | Garnick DW, Lee MT, Chalk M, Gastfriend DR, Horgan CM, McCorry F, McLellan AT, Merrick EL (2002). Establishing the Feasibility of Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drugs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 23 (4): 375-385. |
| Abstract The Washington Circle (a multi-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 dare. 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. Reprinted from Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 23(4), Garnick DW, Lee MT, Chalk M, Gastfriend DR, Horgan CM, McCorry F, McLellan AT, Merrick EL, "Establishing the Feasibility of Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drugs," Pages No. 375-385. Copyright 2002, with permission from Elsevier Inc. | |
| Research Area: | Behavioral Health |
| Core Competencies: | Organizations, Quality, High Risk & Costly Populations |
