Candidate Quality Measures to Assess Care for Alcohol Misuse

This tool presents detailed technical specifications for the set of quality measures identified and specified in a multiyear study of the link between improvements in processes of care for alcohol misuse and improvements in outcomes, known as the AQual study. It describes the overall study context and goals, the context in which the measures were developed and will ultimately be tested, and the steps taken to arrive at the final set of measures.

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