Services Research Outcomes Study (SROS)

ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT

Chapter II presents an overview of the methods used in SROS, describing the history and characteristics of the program sample, the characteristics of the respondent sample, the extent of bias that might be due to nonresponse at each sampling stage, and the techniques used in the study analysis. The chapter also compares SROS with other studies. More detailed descriptions of the study methods are presented in Appendix A.

Chapter III describes the study findings. This chapter covers the demographic characteristics, drug use, criminal justice history, and lifestyle characteristics of the national treatment population. It then presents the self-described reasons for seeking admission to the SROS index treatment episode and compares behaviors and characteristics of treatment clients in the five years before and after the SROS "index" treatment episode. Chapter III also presents national estimates of the results of treatment. In addition, the chapter also tests regression-based statistical models with pretreatment, in-treatment, and posttreatment components associated with the level of treatment outcome. Finally, Chapter III enumerates and describes characteristics and correlates of deaths within the five years after the SROS treatment episode.

More detailed tabular data on analytic results appear in Appendix B. References are presented in Appendix C.

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