Principles for assessment of patient outcomes in mental health care

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1033-1036

  Smith Jr , G Richard ^a   Manderscheid, Ronald W ^b   Flynn, Laurie M ^c   Steinwachs, Donald M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Center for Mental Health Services   (United States)

^c National Alliance for the Mentally Ill   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 1842405943     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.48.8.1033     Document Type: Article

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