Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Appendix:
How We Develop
Our Guidance
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Field Experience
Field Experience
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Expert opinion
Policy analyses
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Most-Promising
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Academic Research
Randomized controlled trials and
quasi-experimental studies
Modeled analyses (e.g., costeffectiveness)
Sources reviewed
We reviewed over 300 sources and interviewed over 70 experts in academia, policy, philanthropy, health
systems, care provision, and more. Our collaboration with the Treatment Research Institute (TRI) is of particular
note. TRI is a leading center for substance use disorder research, and TRI staff members served as expert
resources throughout the project.
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Lifting the Burden of Addiction: Philanthropic opportunities to address substance use disorders in the United States
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