DHHS, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

This analysis aims to compare the performance of the treatment systems located within cities in different geographic regions, an approach to performance measurement and outcomes monitoring that has not previously been done. Using the CSAT Target Cities multi-site data set, the goals of this analysis were to (1) identify and operationalize standardized performance measures that are applicable across treatment systems within cities; (2) illlustrate a type of performance measurement analysis that can be conducted at the treatment system level; (3) assess the relative performance of the treatment systems/cities using the identified performance measures; and (4) highlight the uses, benefits, constraints and data requirements for system-level performance measurement monitoring and comparisons.

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