Routine measurement of outcomes in Australia's public sector mental health services

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Pirkis, Jane ^a   Burgess, Philip ^b   Coombs, Tim ^c   Clarke, Adam ^d   Jones Ellis, David ^d   Dickson, Rosemary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry   (Australia)

^d Strategic Data Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Mental health; Outcomes; Routine outcome measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAINING;

EID: 28844508959     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-2-8     Document Type: Article

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