Facilitating Targeted Interventions in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Via a Risk Scoring Methodology
Abstract
To facilitate targeted intervention in substance abuse treatment programs, a scoring
methodology is developed to identify clients at risk of premature program exit. Designed
to be simple enough for a clinician to easily apply in practice, the risk score is derived
from self-reported and observable client characteristics collected at program intake. Our
motivating problem is improving a residential substance abuse treatment program for
military veterans, and we demonstrate the risk score applied to data from 680 veterans
who exited from a San Diego-based rehabilitation program from 2009 to 2011. For this
program, the existence of a mental health condition, chronic physical health condition,
and the client’s residence prior to program admission were predictive of successfully
completing150 days of treatment. Length of stay and residence prior to program
admission were predictive of successful program completion. The risk score
methodology is generalizable and can be customized for any treatment program.
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