Joël Tremblay, Karine Bertrand, Nadine Blanchette-Martin, Brian Rush, Annie-Claude Savard, Nadia L'Espérance, Geneviève Demers-Lessard, Rosalie Genois
OBJECTIVE: In the field of health care services, resource allocation is increasingly determined based on a population needs model. Although service needs models have been developed for adults with substance use problems, it would seem inappropriate to apply them indiscriminately to young people. METHOD: The method used proposes six steps: (1) targeting the population, (2) estimating the proportion of the population affected by substance misuse and (3) the proportion of youths who should receive services, (4) identifying categories of services, (5) estimating the proportions of youths who should have access to each category of services, and (6) applying the model to real use of services by youths to recalibrate it...
January 2019: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Supplement