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Sachs-Ericsson, Natalie; Ciarlo, James A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Three methods of designating everyday-dysfunction cases in the Colorado Social Health Survey are compared for a sample of 4,745 adults. The clinical judgment approach was chosen as the primary method of identification, with the statistical deviation criterion a backup. The patient criterion group approach was less useful. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Case Records, Clinical Diagnosis

Tweed, Dan L.; Ciarlo, James A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Six existing statistical procedures (models) for indirectly assessing the prevalence of need for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services across subareas of a state are described and critiqued in terms of epidemiological and statistical characteristics. Specific advantages and disadvantages are listed for each model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Comparative Analysis, Drug Rehabilitation, Epidemiology