Lessons from five states: Public sector use of the Washington Circle performance measures

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-254

  Garnick, Deborah W ^a   Lee, Margaret T ^a   Horgan, Constance ^a   Acevedo, Andrea ^a   Botticelli, Michael ^b   Clark, Spencer ^c   Davis, Steven ^d   Gallati, Robert ^e   Haberlin, Karin ^f   Hanchett, Andrew ^b   Lambert Wacey, Dawn ^e   Leeper, Tracy ^d   Siemianowski, James ^f   Tikoo, Minakshi ^g  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services   (United States)

^e New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services   (United States)

^f The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance measures; Public sector; Substance abuse treatment; Washington Circle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEADERSHIP; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952440064     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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