Making "stone soup": Improvements in clinic access and retention in addiction treatment

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-103

  Capoccia, Victor A ^a   Cotter, Frances ^b   Gustafson, David H ^c   Cassidy, Elaine F ^a   Ford II, James H ^c   Madden, Lynn ^d   Owens, Betta H ^e   Farnum, Scott O ^f   McCarty, Dennis ^g   Molfenter, Todd ^e  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d The APT Foundation Inc   (United States)

^e Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment   (United States)

^f Hill Health Center   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MAINE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847097507     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(07)33011-0     Document Type: Article

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