Global Courant
If you look at Google AdWords ads, you can see that there is competition between drug rehabilitation programs to promote who has the most successful drug rehabilitation centers. The truth is that these published success rates are relative. What one group considers a success is different for another group.
Some people count their success by the reduction in total drug use, so even if someone uses drugs twice a week instead of every day, they still call that success. Other programs get it right and measure whether someone is using drugs at all. That’s a real success rate. However, some may stop counting when the person leaves the program, or within the first few months of completion. The longer they measure that success and drug-free status, the better.
In addition, it should be noted that the retention rate is a factor. The retention rate is the number of people who enroll in the program versus the percentage who actually complete it. In general, a retention rate of more than 50% is better than average. The best retention rate for long-term residential programs participating in the national Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS) was 65%.
Rehab centers claiming all sorts of success rates can be confusing. The key to figuring out which ones make sense is to see what they consider a success. In other words, do they feel that someone who simply completes their program is a success? Do they consider anyone going to meetings (whether clean or not) to be a success? Or worse, are they actually putting them on some sort of addictive substitute drug and still think that’s a success? An example of this is methadone maintenance. If they stop using heroin and instead drink and use methadone, some programs may consider that a success as well.
The bottom line is don’t get confused or caught up in what’s printed until you understand the truth. We can help you figure out how programs determine their reported success rate and whether it’s worth your time and money. Not all long-term drug rehabilitation programs will produce the same results.
Most addiction care centers won’t print or talk about what their success rates are. Because of this lack of benchmarking, some rehab centers have conducted their own internal follow-up interviews to see how their program completions stack up in everyday life. Based on their findings, this is usually how they arrive at their success rate.
Here’s what you need to look at as a consumer: what things are they measuring to determine their success? If a program does promote a success rate, find out what the criteria for success are in their eyes. In addition, it is also important to look at other factors in life to determine success. These are things like other criminal behavior or recent arrests, part-time or full-time work, relationships with family and friends, etc.
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