Metric | Definition | SUD RRTPs* | MH RRTPs with a SUD track* |
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Data (SD) | Data (SD) | ||
Wait time | |||
Mean days from screen to admission (based on patient-level wait times from 42 SUD RRTPs and 19 MH RRTPs with a SUD track) | Time (days) between screen and admission, averaged at the program level, for Veterans screened with a 596 stop code** and admitted to a residential SUD treatment program | 17 days (35.46) | 11 days (34.49) |
Percent of admissions with >7 day wait (for SUD RRTPs, based on 1047 out of 4550 Veterans, and for MH RRTPs with a SUD track, based on 676 out of 1780 Veterans) | Percent of Veterans admitted to a residential SUD treatment program who waited >7 days after screening to enter the program | 23% | 38% |
Engagement while waiting | |||
Percent of weeks with any outpatient SUD or MH contact (based on patient-level number of waiting weeks) | Among Veterans who waited >7 days between screening and admission to residential SUD treatment, percent of weeks while waiting in which Veterans received at least one outpatient SUD or MH contact | 55% (.336) | 47% (.389) |
Percent of weeks with any outpatient SUD contact only (based on patient-level number of waiting weeks) | Among Veterans who waited >7 days between screening and admission, percent of weeks while waiting in which Veterans received at least one outpatient SUD contact | 39% (.355) | 24% (.343) |
Percent of weeks with any outpatient MH contact only (based on patient-level number of waiting weeks) | Among Veterans who waited >7 days between screening and admission, percent of weeks while waiting in which Veterans received at least one outpatient MH contact | 31% (.31) | 35% (.34) |