National Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey, Waves V-IX, [United States], 2000-2017 (ICPSR 38420)
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Thomas A. D'Aunno, New York University;
Peter D. Friedmann, University of Massachusetts. Chan Medical School-Baystate
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38420.v1
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The National Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey (NDATSS) is a longitudinal program of research into organizational structures, operating characteristics, and treatment practices of outpatient drug treatment programs in the United States. This is done through interviews with program directors and clinical supervisors. In some publications, this research is referred to as the Outpatient Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (ODATS). Data in this collection include Wave V, Wave VI, Wave VII, Wave VIII, and Wave IX.
NDATSS includes four prior waves of data collection from substance abuse treatment programs surveyed in 1984, 1988, 1990, and 1995. Waves II through IV can be found at ICPSR here.
Wave I is not planned for public release because it had a significantly different sample design than the other waves.
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Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reason for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.
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The purpose of the study is to help understand factors that promote the delivery of effective services in health care organizations.
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Programs that treat substance abuse, including at least some drug abuse, in the United States.
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- 2005: 76%
- 2013: 86%
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2023-03-22
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2023-03-22 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
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This study is maintained and distributed by the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP). NAHDAP is supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).