Need for and Readiness to Implement a Performance Measurement System for South Africa’s Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Myers, Bronwyn, Govender, Rajen, Manderscheid, Ron, Williams, Petal Petersen, Johnson, Kim and Koch, J. Randy (2017) Need for and Readiness to Implement a Performance Measurement System for South Africa’s Substance Abuse Treatment Services. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15 (4). pp. 795-800. ISSN 1557-1874

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Abstract

Various concerns remain about the quality of publicly-funded substance abuse treatment in South Africa, including the lack of performance measurement. Eighty-one treatment providers in the Western Cape were asked their perceptions of treatment quality and beliefs about the utility and feasibility of implementing a performance measurement system. Most participants thought their treatment programme was effective (92.3 %), with the majority basing this belief on anecdotal reports (74.2 %). Almost all thought the objective assessment of treatment quality could be useful (97.2 %) and that implementing a system for monitoring treatment quality was feasible (86.8 %). About two-thirds (65.9 %) believed that the quality of treatment should be assessed routinely. Findings indicate a clear need for the standardized assessment of substance abuse treatment quality. Despite lack of an evaluation culture, providers are open to implementing a performance measurement system and believe that such implementation as part of routine activities is quite feasible.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Publisher Copyright: © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	feasibility,performance measurement,substance abuse treatment,psychiatry and mental health ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2738
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	05 Mar 2026 09:30
Last Modified:	05 Mar 2026 09:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/102204
DOI:	10.1007/s11469-016-9706-y

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