Outcomes, performance, and quality-What's the difference?

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-340

  McLellan, A Thomas ^a,b   Chalk, Mady ^a   Bartlett, John ^c  

^a TREATMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c National Forum on Performance Measures in Behavioral Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction treatment; Measurement; Outcomes; Performance; Quality

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247497724     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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