Journal article
Follow-Up Contact Bias in Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
Administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research, Vol.26(3), pp.207-212
01/1999
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021314714186
PMID: 10339835
Abstract
This study examined the problem of follow-up contact bias in evaluation of substance abuse treatment programs using administrative data sets. Completed discharges in Iowa were compared to clients contacted 6 months after treatment. The percent of clients reporting no substance use doubled between admission to treatment and follow-up. Unemployment, arrests, and number of days of work or school missed declined. However, clients included in the follow-up sample were significantly different in terms of risk factors for adverse outcomes. The authors conclude that improvements in social functioning 6 months after discharge cannot be generalized to the entire population of clients treated, since those not found have a different combination of risk factors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Follow-Up Contact Bias in Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
- Creators
- James Rohrer - College of Medicine The University of Iowa USAMary Vaughan - College of Medicine The University of Iowa USARemi Cadoret - College of Medicine The University of Iowa USAJanet Zwick - Iowa Department of Public Health USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research, Vol.26(3), pp.207-212
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; New York
- DOI
- 10.1023/A:1021314714186
- PMID
- 10339835
- ISSN
- 0894-587X
- eISSN
- 1573-3289
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1999
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984064192802771
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