Identification and Description of Multiple Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Systems

摘要

Under various forms of health care reform and specialized initiatives, many States now provide publicly supported alcohol and other drug treatment through several different channels. In some cases, changing substance abuse treatment financing options and the development of treatment delivery systems designed to meet a variety of specific needs combined to create parallel treatment systems frequently administered by agencies other than the State Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Agency. As a result of that process, policy makers at the national level have an incomplete and fragmented picture of the publicly funded alcohol and other drug abuse treatment system. This study provides information regarding these multiple systems by identifying State and local entities that operate treatment services outside of the State AOD Agency systems.