Feasibility of multidimensional substance abuse treatment matching: automating the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria. American Society of Addiction Medicine.
The Patient Placement Criteria published by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM Criteria) established a non-proprietary standard for matching substance use disorder patients to treatment settings.


METHODS
Data from 593 substance dependent adults who were assessed using the first computerized implementation of the ASAM Criteria were analyzed to determine whether the level of care assignments showed significant differences on a variety of clinical measures.


RESULTS
The algorithm showed acceptable discrimination between each of three ASAM Levels of Care across numerous clinical subscales.


CONCLUSIONS
It is feasible to implement complex, multidimensional criteria for substance abuse treatment that may improve reliability and facilitate validity studies.
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Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D003289:Convalescence; D003663:Decision Trees; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*