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July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Although the number of patients admitted to the hospital with concurrent diagnoses of alcohol and drug addiction (ADAA) rose, as did the costs associated with these hospitalizations, U.S. spending on ADAA treatment fell. Medicaid and Medicare bore the brunt of this spending, paying for 70 percent of hospitalizations with a concurrent ADAA diagnosis.
August 1, 2006 | Program Result
The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services documented barriers to substance abuse treatment services for injection drug users in New York City and its northern suburbs.
May 3, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: A study led by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Cl ...
National Program
To strengthen the addiction treatment system's ability to successfully use process improvement techniques toward increasing patients' access to and retention in addiction treatment programs.
April 29, 2010 | Program Result
NIATx (Network for Improvement of Addiction Treatment) Program Director David Gustafson, Ph.D., has a surprising confession to make.
April 29, 2010 | Program Result
When administrators and staff at substance abuse treatment agencies discover problems in their internal processes, they want to fix them "Now!"
April 28, 2010 | Program Result
Although these strategies emphasized incremental, small-scale changes, they brought about systemwide transformations that addressed big problems that keep the CEO awake at night.
April 28, 2010 | Program Result
Paths to Recovery: Changing the Process of Care for Substance Abuse Programs used process improvement strategies to improve the quality and efficiency of substance abuse treatment at the provider level.
April 28, 2010 | Program Result
SSTAR (Stanley Street Treatment and Resources) provides a range of services to residents of southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
April 28, 2010 | Program Result
Axis I opened in 1973 when the South Carolina legislature mandated that the 24,000 residents of rural Barnwell County be provided with alcohol and other drug treatment services.