State of Iowa Outcomes Monitoring System Year 17 Annual Evaluation Report, November 2015

(2015) State of Iowa Outcomes Monitoring System Year 17 Annual Evaluation Report, November 2015. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)

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Abstract

The Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation (Consortium) is under contract with the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) for the Outcomes Monitoring System (OMS) project. The OMS project provides an independent evaluation regarding substance use disorder treatment outcomes in Iowa. The Consortium conducts follow-up interviews with randomly selected clients from IDPH-funded treatment agencies. The interviews occur approximately six months after discharge from the treatment program and provide follow-up data to determine outcomes as well as analyze changes between admission and follow-up. The Consortium has provided ongoing client sampling, recruitment, tracking, data collection, data analysis, and reporting since 1999. This Year 17 OMS trend report examines outcomes for clients admitted to substance use disorder treatment over a ten-year period between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2014. Data for the most recent years, particularly 2014, have the potential to change as more follow-up interviews are completed.