A latent variable model of evidence-based quality improvement for substance abuse treatment.
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Lennox, RD; Mansfield, AJ
Published in: J Behav Health Serv Res
May 2001
Attempts to improve the quality of substance abuse treatment are hampered by an inability to define specifically the elements of high quality of care and, more important, the lack of a research paradigm within which to study the necessary and sufficient elements of appropriate care. This study proposes that the quality-of-care (QOC) construct for substance abuse treatment might be best considered as a latent construct that does not necessarily exist as a single set of criteria but instead is indicated by a set of empirically derived indicators manifested as a latent factor. Results support defining latent QOC variables across levels of care for alcoholism treatment and empirically defining latent QOC measures from administrative records.
Duke Scholars
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J Behav Health Serv Res
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ISSN
1094-3412
Publication Date
May 2001
Volume
28
Issue
2
Start / End Page
164 / 176
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Total Quality Management
- Quality of Health Care
- Quality Indicators, Health Care
- Psychiatry
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Occupational Health Services
- Models, Statistical
- Midwestern United States
- Mental Health Services
- Humans
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Lennox, R. D., & Mansfield, A. J. (2001). A latent variable model of evidence-based quality improvement for substance abuse treatment. J Behav Health Serv Res, 28(2), 164–176. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02287459
Lennox, R. D., and A. J. Mansfield. “A latent variable model of evidence-based quality improvement for substance abuse treatment.” J Behav Health Serv Res 28, no. 2 (May 2001): 164–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02287459.
Lennox RD, Mansfield AJ. A latent variable model of evidence-based quality improvement for substance abuse treatment. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2001 May;28(2):164–76.
Lennox, R. D., and A. J. Mansfield. “A latent variable model of evidence-based quality improvement for substance abuse treatment.” J Behav Health Serv Res, vol. 28, no. 2, May 2001, pp. 164–76. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/BF02287459.
Lennox RD, Mansfield AJ. A latent variable model of evidence-based quality improvement for substance abuse treatment. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2001 May;28(2):164–176.
Published In
J Behav Health Serv Res
DOI
ISSN
1094-3412
Publication Date
May 2001
Volume
28
Issue
2
Start / End Page
164 / 176
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Total Quality Management
- Quality of Health Care
- Quality Indicators, Health Care
- Psychiatry
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Occupational Health Services
- Models, Statistical
- Midwestern United States
- Mental Health Services
- Humans