Comparison of national mental health quality assessment programs across the globe

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 982-988

  Parameswaran, Sharat ^a,b   Spaeth Rublee, Brigitta ^c   Huynh, Phuong Trang ^c   Pincus, Harold Alan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IRELAND; JAPAN; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; QUALITY CONTROL; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; EUROPE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPE; HUMANS; IRELAND; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84867678478     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100382     Document Type: Article

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