Evaluating the WHO Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems by comparing mental health policies in four countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 467-473

  Hamid, Hamada ^a   Abanilla, Karen ^a   Bauta, Besa ^a   Huang, Keng Yen ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRAQ; JAPAN; LAW; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MONITORING; PHILIPPINES; POLITICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YUGOSLAVIA;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; IRAQ; JAPAN; MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE]; MIDDLE EAST; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44949237975     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.042788     Document Type: Review

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