Table 1.

Changes in days to treatment by level of care

Level of Care	Improvement days/month	F	p-value	Estimated baseline	Estimated End	% change	Model
First contact to First Treatment
Overall	−0.48	11.64	0.00	19.56	12.41	-37%	Q
Outpatient Intensive	−0.82	30.43	0.00	32.06	19.76	-38%	Q
Outpatient	−0.28	5.97	0.03	11.67	7.40	-37%	L
Residential	−0.24	1.34	0.28	11.48	7.86	-32%	L
Assessment to First Treatment
Overall	−0.26	7.49	0.01	11.79	7.93	-33%	Q
Outpatient Intensive	−0.27	17.78	0.00	17.10	13.04	-24%	Q
Outpatient	−0.22	3.47	0.09	7.53	4.24	-44%	L
Residential	−0.21	1.63	0.22	7.32	4.23	-42%	L

In the Model column, Q means quadratic trend model and L linear trend model. P-values are based on F statistics for regression models with degrees of freedoms of 1 and 13 for linear trend model and 2 and 12 for quadratic trend model. Baseline estimated for October 1, 2003; end date was December 31, 2004.