The NIATx 200 grant is in the beginning of its fourth year. The 18-month intervention period concluded for the first cohort (Michigan, New York and Washington agencies) in March of 2009 and for the second cohort (Massachusetts and Oregon agencies) in July of 2009. The states have all been engaged in a subsequent nine-month sustainability period to retain and provide ongoing support to the participating agencies in their NIATx efforts.
All of the participating states have recently submitted data sets that are complete through the intervention period. The next step is to clean and prepare the data sets for analysis of the primary outcomes (waiting time, admissions, show rate and continuation). The initial focus for analysis will be on waiting time with a goal to have results ready to present to the funder, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), by the spring of 2010. Concurrently, analysis of other primary and secondary outcomes will be under way.
An effort to prepare abstracts and present preliminary findings to the field continues. To date, five posters and one oral presentation have been presented at the College on Problem Drug Dependence Conference, which is NIDA’s preferred conference. In addition, two posters have been presented to the Academy of Health Services Research Conference. The ultimate goal is to publish findings in scientific journals as well as in trade publications.
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