title: Drug misuse services. No quick fixes.
abstract: The Department of Health's new funding formula for drug misuse services will reduce funding in districts with the highest demand for services. Some regions will receive up to four times more per reported episode of drug misuse than others. This is due, in part, to the inclusion of numbers in rented accommodation in the funding formula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Liverpool University.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bellis
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government / Q000379:methods; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000379:methods*; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology