3049.0: Monday, November 13, 2000 - 12:30 PM

Abstract #11648

Reducing substance abuse through service system integration

Matthew Johnsen, PhD1, Joseph P. Morrissey, PhD2, Robert A. Rosenheck, PhD3, Michael O. Calloway, PhD2, Rise B. Goldstein, PhD1, and Howard H. Goldman, MD, PhD4. (1) ROW Sciences, Incorporated, 1700 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, (301) 294-5635, mjohnsen@hq.row.com, (2) Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Airport Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (3) Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, (4) Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Room 300, MSTF Building, 685 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

This presentation will explore the interrelationship between system integration and client level outcomes within the ACCESS program. The presentation examines whether improving collaboration between mental health and substance abuse organizations leads to improved outcomes for homeless persons with a serious mental illness and substance abuse disorder. The sample used is a subset of ACCESS clients with reported substance abuse. The principal independent measures will include interorganizational network measures of integration using a sectoral matrix as the analytic dataset.

Learning Objectives: 1. Understand the primary hypothesis of the ACCESS demonstration as well as how this secondary hypothesis relates to the primary hypothesis. 2. Identify the independent, dependent and control variables incorporated within the analysis. 3. Articulate the extent to which the hypothesis is supported by the data presented

Keywords: Service Integration, Substance Abuse

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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