Does America spend enough on addiction treatment? Results from public opinion surveys

Longitudinal trends in hospital admissions with co-occurring alcohol/drug diagnoses, 1994–2002

“…Eleven percent of American adults have ADAA (Grant et al, 2004), but appropriate treatment resources have not been allocated to reduce ADAA, its associated illnesses, and rising costs. French, Homer, and Nielsen (2006) have examined the general public's paradoxically low placement of ADAA treatment despite its proven clinical and economic benefits and offered specific recommendations to generate additional support for addiction treatment.…”

Analyzing performance in addiction treatment: An application of data envelopment analysis to the state of Maryland system

“…The view that many Americans have about the addiction problem forces legislatures to limit and justify funding of substance abuse treatment programs (French et al, 2006). As a result, both funders and providers need tools that permit estimation of performance and identification of the most promising ways to treat addiction.…”

“…Efforts to understand the benefits of addiction treatment have resulted in a large body of research, from both a clinical point of view (see McLellan, Lewis, O'Brien, & Kleber, 2000) and an economic one (see French, Homer, & Nielsen, 2006). The results of this research underline the importance of and the need for better ways of assessing clinic performance.…”

“…Health economists, on the other hand, have focused on the economic benefits that are derived from treatment (Cartwright, 2000). For addiction treatment, this is particularly important because unlike most of other types of services, the economic benefits accrue less to the patient than to others in the form of reduced criminality, lower unemployment rates, and lower job absenteeism (French et al, 2006).…”

“…The results of this research underline the importance of and the need for better ways of assessing clinic performance. Indeed, the search is on for ways to measure the performance of addiction treatment clinics (French et al, 2006;Kimberly & McLellan, 2006;McLellan et al, 2000). This article aims to contribute to this effort.…”