Identifying State Purchasing Levers for Promoting the Use of Evidence-Based Practice in Substance Abuse Treatment
October 2005 Identifying State Purchasing Levers for Promoting the Use of Evidence-Based Practice in Substance Abuse Treatment This paper examines the use of purchasing levers to promote the use of Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) in the field of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Innovation and creativity in state purchasers' use of financing and delivery strategies can significantly impact their ability to encourage high quality SUD treatment services that have proven effective and efficient in clinical research settings. Linking these strategies or "purchasing levers" to EBPs is one promising method to ensure a particular standard or method of treatment services . . .
