Percentage of People Who Wait Less Than Three Weeks From Referral Received to Appropriate Drug or Alcohol Treatment That Supports Their Recovery
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of people who wait less than three weeks from referral received to appropriate drug or alcohol treatment that supports their recovery.
Numerator
Number of people who wait less than three weeks from referral received to appropriate drug or alcohol treatment that supports their recovery (Length of time from the date a referral was received to the date treatment started).
Denominator
Total number of waits.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Derived from data already collected by NHS Boards and provided to Public Health Scotland. Extracted from the Drug and Alcohol Information System (DAISy) and its predecessor the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times (DATWT) database.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reported on Public Health Scotland website National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times. Also reported on Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health biannually.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health publichealthscotland.scot/publications/mental-health-quality-indicator-profile/mental-health-quality-indicator-profile-26-april-2022/ Reported at publichealthscotland.scot/publications/show-all-releases?id=20495 publichealthscotland.scot/publications/national-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-waiting-times/national-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-waiting-times-1-january-2023-to-31-march-2023/