Use of an operational model of community care to assess technical efficiency and benchmarking of small mental health areas in Spain

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-100

  Salvador Carulla, Luis ^a   García Alonso, Carlos ^b   Gonzalez Caballero, Juan Luis ^c   Garrido Cumbrera, Marco ^d  

^a PSICOST/RIRAG Research Association   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAY CARE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 34447337734     PISSN: 10914358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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