Overview of the national mental health benchmarking project

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-44

  Coombs, Tim ^a,e   Walter, Garry ^b,c   Brann, Peter ^d  

^a Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; key performance indicators; mental health; National Mental Health Benchmarking Project; organizational change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH BENCHMARKING PROJECT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952858927     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398562.2010.539221     Document Type: Article

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