Quality of mental health service care: The forgotten pathway from process to outcome

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-98

  Brugha, T S ^a   Lindsay, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0029966551     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00801904     Document Type: Article

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