Outcome measures in mental health services: Humpty Dumpty is alive and well

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-140

  Mellsop, Graham ^a,c   Wilson, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^c WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mental health services; Outcome measurement; Outcomes; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; ADULT; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33748471109     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02270.x     Document Type: Article

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