Outcomes assessment: Evaluation in routine practice

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-136

  Booth, B M ^a,b,c   Clardy, J ^a   Smith, L G ^a   Smith Jr , G R ^a,b  

^a Centers for Mental Hlthcare Res   (United States)

^b VA HSR and D Fld Prog Mental Hlth   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Evaluation; Mental health; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842576051     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1998.tb00214.x     Document Type: Article

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