Prioritizing measures to assess performance of drug treatment services: a Delphi process with funders, treatment providers and service-users.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

While many studies have examined outcome measurement as part of clinical trials and routine outcome collection at the person-level in alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services, there has been limited attention to measures required to assess performance at the service-level. In Australia, non-government services are primarily funded by government using public funds; however, there is no standardized approach to performance measurement. This study sought to establish a finite list of performance measures that represented consensus between funders, treatment providers and service-users.

Method

A three-round Delphi process was undertaken with (i) funders of treatment (n = 10), (ii) treatment providers (n = 10) and (iii) treatment service-users (n = 10).

SUBMITTER: Stirling R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087953 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature