Shared clients: Substance misuse agency clients in generic agencies

Keene, J. M. and Bailey, S. E. (2000) Shared clients: Substance misuse agency clients in generic agencies. Addiction Research and Theory, 8 (3). pp. 279-298. ISSN 1606-6359

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Abstract

This paper reports on the method and the results of the Drug Tracking Project, a comprehensive multi-disciplinary database for social, health and criminal justice agencies. It analyses overlap between total agency populations and tracks the progress of all drug and alcohol agency clients in one county through a range of services to identify the sub-group of “revolving door” clients who re-use specialist and generic services. Data for the two years (Oct. 1996–98) for 97,162 cases show drug agency overlap of 44%, (n = 2139) and alcohol agency overlap of 54%, (n = 1639.). Of the population of “revolving door” clients (defined as those who attended four or five of types of service) 41% had also attended a drug and/or alcohol agency. The extent of drug and alcohol problems in selected populations was approximately two thirds, of which half received specialist treatment. The method has potential to inform multi-agency screening and co-working.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Social Work
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2014 16:12
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 16:51
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/45785
DOI:	10.3109/16066350009004426

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