From: Toward cost-effective staffing mixes for Veterans Affairs substance use disorder treatment programs
Staff | Inpatient | Residential | Intensive outpatient | Standard outpatient | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Actual | Suggested | Actual | Suggested | Actual | Suggested | Actual | Suggested | |
FY01-FY03 | FY01-FY03 | FY01-FY03 | FY01-FY03 | |||||
mean % (SD) | % | mean % (SD) | % | mean % (SD) | % | mean % (SD) | % | |
MD | 7.41 (5.11) | 19.87 | 5.39 (3.97) | 0.80 | 7.06 (8.29) | 0.00 | 8.56 (9.53) | 0.00 |
RESMD | 0.41 (1.24) | 0.00 | 0.22 (0.85) | 0.53 | 4.11 (7.93) | 0.00 | 2.85 (5.60) | 0.00 |
PRACT | 6.44 (9.29) | 0.00 | 5.99 (6.60) | 14.50 | 7.65 (15.58) | 8.55 | 9.12 (20.44) | 0.00 |
PSYCH | 5.55 (9.65) | 5.75 | 5.49 (4.46) | 15.00 | 8.51 (8.74) | 33.33 | 7.01 (7.53) | 0.74 |
SOCWK | 10.09 (8.60) | 29.63 | 12.50 (7.82) | 28.57 | 9.14 (8.32) | 0.00 | 11.95 (12.30) | 8.29 |
ADTHR | 12.46 (11.16) | 0.00 | 26.77 (23.25) | 11.37 | 29.74 (17.56) | 0.00 | 29.63 (25.86) | 0.00 |
OCTHR | 3.36 (2.76) | 6.95 | 3.43 (3.22) | 0.00 | 2.85 (4.19) | 0.00 | 2.08 (5.11) | 0.00 |
RN | 22.64 (14.91) | 0.00 | 10.44 (9.18) | 29.22 | 14.17 (10.22) | 0.00 | 11.23 (12.34) | 0.00 |
LVN | 15.79 (12.95) | 32.06 | 3.18 (8.23) | 0.00 | 2.20 (6.66) | 0.00 | 0.72 (2.49) | 0.00 |
CLERC | 5.20 (3.32) | 0.00 | 7.24 (5.61) | 0.00 | 4.94 (4.56) | 0.00 | 11.77 (9.61) | 29.41 |
AIDES | 9.78 (12.96) | 0.00 | 17.47 (20.16) | 0.00 | 4.88 (9.73) | 33.12 | 3.59 (12.90) | 46.81 |
PDTR | 0.88 (1.91) | 5.75 | 1.88 (4.36) | 0.00 | 4.75 (8.07) | 25.00 | 1.49 (3.13) | 14.75 |
Benefits ($) | 5989.96 | 14,808.92 | 5888.00 | 17,904.42 | 3179.05 | 10,319.39 | 1330.67 | 2136.45 |
Costs ($) | 6286.93 | 298.46 | 7408.10 | 161.05 | 9072.54 | 1012.52 | 8140.95 | 664.27 |
Net benefits ($) | −296.97 | 14,510.46 | −1520.10 | 17,743.37 | −5893.49 | 9306.87 | −6810.28 | 1472.18 |