Assessing the outcome of community-based psychiatric care: Building a feedback loop from 'real world' health services research into clinical practice

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 116, Issue SUPPL. 437, 2007, Pages 6-15

  Lasalvia, A ^a,b   Ruggeri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Policlinico GB Rossi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community based care; Consumer satisfaction; Evidence based medicine; Mental health services; Needs assessment; Outcome assessment; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATERNALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35648994955     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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