CONNECT: A measure of continuity of care in mental health services

Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-221

  Ware, Norma C ^a   Dickey, Barbara ^b   Tugenberg, Toni ^a   McHorney, Colleen A ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Mental health services research; Quality of care; Research measure; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0344465990     PISSN: 15223434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026276918081     Document Type: Review

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