“…Specifically, we tested the hypothesis that TPs for service systems coded as recovery oriented (R) (services more comprehensive, evidence based, and rehabilitation oriented) would be more positive and less negative than systems coded as basic (B) (services least comprehensive, minimally evidence based, and not rehabilitation oriented) or as maintenance oriented (M) (services moderately comprehensive, treatments as usual, minimally evidence based, and rehabilitation oriented) by testing predictions that TPs would be more positive for R systems than for B and M systems and would be more positive and less negative for M systems than for B systems. Our theory that service systems could be coded as B, M, and R was based on a body of evaluation and planning studies typically comparing from two to four systems categorized as "lower cost," "services as usual," "more restrictive," "lower quality," or "minimal" with those categorized as "higher cost," "enhanced," "less restrictive," "higher quality, "community based," or "evidence based" (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). Our goal was to better understand service recipient and study factors that might influence or bias TPs and identify scientific questions for further study in order to contribute to guidelines for collecting, synthesizing, and reporting TP data for scientific and planning purposes (21,22).…”