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Suggested Citation:"Appendix H: Levels of Care." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13441.
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Appendix H

Levels of Care

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FIGURE H-1 Components of health care delivery systems.

SOURCE: Adapted from Berwick, 2002.

Figure H-1 depicts how the health care environment (i.e., policies, regulation, financing [Level D]), the organizational setting (i.e., health plans

Suggested Citation:"Appendix H: Levels of Care." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13441.
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and health systems [Level C]), and the delivery of care (i.e., clinics [Level B]) combine to affect patient care (i.e., the patient experience [Level A]). The committee suggests that these four levels of care provide a blueprint applicable to the development of a 21st-century system of substance use disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment services within the U.S. military.

REFERENCE

Berwick, D. M. 2002. A user’s manual for the IOM’s “quality chasm” report. Health Affairs 21(3):80-90.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix H: Levels of Care." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13441.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix H: Levels of Care." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13441.
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Problems stemming from the misuse and abuse of alcohol and other drugs are by no means a new phenomenon, although the face of the issues has changed in recent years. National trends indicate substantial increases in the abuse of prescription medications. These increases are particularly prominent within the military, a population that also continues to experience long-standing issues with alcohol abuse. The problem of substance abuse within the military has come under new scrutiny in the context of the two concurrent wars in which the United States has been engaged during the past decade—in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn). Increasing rates of alcohol and other drug misuse adversely affect military readiness, family readiness, and safety, thereby posing a significant public health problem for the Department of Defense (DoD).

To better understand this problem, DoD requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) assess the adequacy of current protocols in place across DoD and the different branches of the military pertaining to the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs). Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces reviews the IOM's task of assessing access to SUD care for service members, members of the National Guard and Reserves, and military dependents, as well as the education and credentialing of SUD care providers, and offers specific recommendations to DoD on where and how improvements in these areas could be made.

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