Table of contents

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  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Notes
    • Summary
      • Counting clients
      • New analyses
      • Data development
  • Body section
    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 Summary of findings
    • 3 Counting the number of clients
      • 3.1 Statistical linkage
      • 3.2 Statistical linkage keys
      • 3.3 Methods of linking records belonging to the same client
      • 3.4 Options for the AODTS NMDS
    • 4 Client-based analyses
      • 4.1 Client numbers
      • 4.2 Client rates
      • 4.3 Time in treatment
      • 4.4 Remoteness of usual residence
      • 4.5 Socioeconomic status of usual residence
      • 4.6 Patterns of drug use
      • 4.7 Patterns of treatment
      • 4.8 Pathways through treatment services
    • 5 Reporting options
      • 5.1 Annual reports
      • 5.2 Thematic bulletins
  • End matter
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Related publications