Performance measures for substance use disorders - What research is needed?

Addiction Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Garnick, Deborah W ^a   Horgan, Constance M ^a   Acevedo, Andrea ^a   McCorry, Frank ^b   Weisner, Constance ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington Circle and FAM Consulting ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Outcome; Performance measures; Process; Research agenda; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE (U.S.); OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84880176256     PISSN: 19400632     EISSN: 19400640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1940-0640-7-18     Document Type: Review

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