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DTORS is being carried out by the National Drug Evidence Centre (NDEC) in collaboration with the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) on behalf of the Home Office.

DTORS:

The study is about people who are entering drug treatment programmes in England. It aims to find out what sort of things affect a person’s chances of success in drug treatment programmes. The information will be used to plan the provision of drug treatment and other services in this country, to help as many people as possible overcome their drug problems.

  • a major new longitudinal outcomes study of drug treatment in England
  • based on a sample of drug users presenting for treatment at 100 DATs
  • clients will be interviewed at baseline, 3 months and 12 months
  • there will be a smaller qualitative study and a cost benefit analysis
Data collection now complete

Baseline sample is described in:

PDF Logo Baseline - Main report

PDF Logo Baseline - Appendices


Final publication of results expected towards the end of 2008.

The above documents are published on the Home Office website and are in a PDF format. If you need to download a PDF reader, please click Adobe Reader.