Mental health quality, outcome measurement, and improvement in Germany

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 636-642

  Gaebel, Wolfgang ^a   Janssen, Birgit ^a   Zielasek, Jürgen ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Mental healthcare; Quality assurance; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

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

EID: 70350181750     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283317c00     Document Type: Review

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