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Highlight from Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell E2 Did payment-by-results really make things worse? |
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Payment-by-results was the UK government’s favoured commissioning mechanism for improving the performance of substance use treatment services – but according to their own yardstick of success, in England it made things worse. Read about the theoretical pros and cons, then assess the evidence by unfolding the supplementary text in the payment-by-results section of last week’s matrix cell release.
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A highlight from one of the 25 cells in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix, a staff development resource mapping seminal and key research and guidance on alcohol brief interventions and treatment. | ||
“Thanks also for the brilliant matrices.”
Dr Michael Taylor, GP with a special interest in addictions and Clinical Director for Wellbeing and Mental Health, Heywood Middleton and Rochdale PCT, England |
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Also see hot topic on evidence-based commissioning. | ||
More on the matrices: About the development and construction of the matrices Alcohol Treatment Matrix for brief interventions and treatment for problem drinking. Drug Treatment Matrix for harm reduction and treatment in relation to illegal drugs Share your discovery of the matrices by sending an email to your colleagues |
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Sent by the Drug and Alcohol Findings Effectiveness Bank to alert you to site updates and UK-relevant evaluations of drug/alcohol interventions. Refresh of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix is funded by Alcohol Change UK. Findings is also supported by the Society for the Study of Addiction and advised by the National Addiction Centre. |