Harmonizing databases? Developing a quasi-experimental design to evaluate a public mental health re-entry program

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-472

  Hartwell, Stephanie W ^a   Deng, Xiaogang ^a   Fisher, William ^b   Fulwiler, Carl ^b   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^c   Johnson, Craig ^d   Pinals, Debra A ^e   Sampson, Lisa ^f   Siegfriedt, Julianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^f Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Re entry program effectiveness; Released prisoners; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISONER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONERS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863405041     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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