title: Patient satisfaction and sustained outcomes of drug abuse treatment.
abstract: The authors investigated the relationship between patients' self-rated satisfaction with treatment services during and shortly after treatment with their drug use outcomes at one year follow-up, using a US national panel survey of patients in 62 methadone, outpatient, short-term residential, and long-term residential programs. A favorable evaluation of treatment near the time of discharge had a significant positive relationship with drug use improvement outcomes approximately one year later, independent of the separately measured effects of treatment duration, counseling intensity, patient adherence to treatment protocols, pre-treatment drug use patterns, and other characteristics of patients and treatment programs.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, USA. zhang-zhiwei@norc.org
authors.lastname: Zhiwei Zhang
authors.forename: Dean R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Gerstein
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Friedmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012044:Regression Analysis; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome