Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 265-277 , April 2009

Adapting Washington Circle performance measures for public sector substance abuse treatment systems

  • Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Mail stop 035, 415 South St., Waltham, MA 02454, USA. Tel.: +1 781 736 3840; fax: +1 781 736 3985.
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  • Margaret T. Lee, Ph.D.
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  • Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D.
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  • Andrea Acevedo, M.S.
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  • Washington Circle Public Sector Workgroup

      Affiliations

    • Kathleen Nardini (Abt Associates Inc.); Melissa Lahr Thomas, M.Ed., Meena Shahi (Arizona Department of Health Services); Sarah A. Wattenberg, LCSW-C, Frances Cotter, MA, MPH, Hal Krause, Anne Herron, M.S., (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration); Michael J. Hettinger (Connecticut Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services); Astrid Beigel, Ph.D. (County of Los Angeles, Department of Mental Health); Teresa Anderson, Ph.D. (Center for Health Policy and Research, Commonwealth Medicine); Doreen A. Cavanaugh, Ph.D. (Georgetown University Public Policy Institute); Charles Bartlett, MSW (Kansas Social and Rehabilitation Services); Andrew Hanchett, M.P.H. (Massachusetts Department of Public Health); Jay Ford, Ph.D. (Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment); Maria D. Canfield, Brad Towle, MA, MPA (Nevada Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency); Frank McCorry, Ph.D., Robert J. Gallati, M.A., Dawn Lambert-Wacey, M.A. (New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services); Spencer Clark, ACSW, Adam Holtzman (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services); Steve Davis, Ph.D., Mark Reynolds, Ed.D., Tracy Leeper, M.A. (Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services); Christina Dye, MPH (Recovery Innovations of Arizona); Ann Doucette, Ph.D. (The George Washington University); Kay Miller (Thomson Healthcare); Mady Chalk, Ph.D., Jack Kemp, M.S. (Treatment Research Institute); Constance Weisner, Dr. P.H., MSW (University of California, San Francisco/Kaiser Permanente); Minakshi Tikoo, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut Health Center); Keith Humphreys, Ph.D. (VA Palo Alto Health Care System); Craig Anne Heflinger, Ph.D., Robert Saunders, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University); Barbara A. Cimaglio (Vermont Department of Health); Kevin Campbell, Ph.D. (Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse).

Received 27 February 2008 ,Revised 12 June 2008 ,Accepted 22 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2008.06.008

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 265-277 , April 2009

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