Challenges and opportunities in measuring the quality of mental health care

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 549-557

  Kilbourne, Amy M ^a,b,c   Keyser, Donna ^a,d,e,f   Pincus, Harold Alan ^a,d,e,g  

^a VA Ann Arbor SMITREC ^*  (United States)

^b Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems; Mental disorders; Performance measurement; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 77956925517     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371005500903     Document Type: Review

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