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December 2007

December 14, 2007: AUDIT OF DRUG-TREATMENT PRESCRIBING SERVICES
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NTA publishes "definitive guidelines" on ethical prescribing The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse published definitive guidelines on ethical prescribing for UK drug treatment providers, and committed to putting in place new monitoring procedures to ensure that the guidelines are...

December 3, 2007: MODELS FOR FUNDING TREATMENT SERVICES
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A US view: the Cobb-C4 models For reference citation: Hoffmann, NG (2002). COBB/C4 Models for Funding Treatment Services. Contact: Norman G Hoffmann PhD Both fee-for-service and capitated managed-care systems for buying healthcare services have intractable financial conflicts of interest inherent...

December 3, 2007: JOB DESCRIPTIONS, TRAINING, WORKFORCE
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Summary of guidance from the NTA The following workforce initiatives have been built by the Natioanl Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, to develop professional skills of existing staff and increase numbers working in the substance- misuse adult-treatment sector. These include:...