Deriving a mental health outcome measure using the pooled index: An application to psychiatric consumer - Survivors in different housing types

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-143

  Speechley, Mark ^a   Forchuk, Cheryl ^a   Hoch, Jeffrey ^b   Jensen, Elsabeth ^c   Wagg, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Housing; Mental health; Outcome measure; Pooled index; Psychiatric survivors

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SURVIVOR;

EID: 66149176938     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-009-0044-4     Document Type: Article

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