Mental health quality and outcome measurement and improvement in Australia

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 610-618

  Brown, Peggy ^a   Pirkis, Jane ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health services; Outcomes measures; Performance indicators; Quality improvement; Standards

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70350152622     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283318eb8     Document Type: Review

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