Achievements in mental health outcome measurement in Australia: Reflections on progress made by the Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network (AMHOCN)

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Burgess, Philip ^a   Coombs, Tim ^b   Clarke, Adam ^c   Dickson, Rosemary ^b   Pirkis, Jane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

^c Strategic Data Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION LITERACY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84861438323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-6-4     Document Type: Note

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