Compiling a caseload index for mental health case management

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 455-462

  King, Robert ^a   Meadows, Graham ^b   Le Bas, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Case management; Mental health; Service management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MANAGER; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 3543054162     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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