Monitoring and evaluating the italian mental health system: The "progetto residenze" study and beyond

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 451-459

  Picardi, Angelo ^a   Lega, Ilaria ^a   Candini, Valentina ^b   Dagani, Jessica ^b   Iozzino, Laura ^b   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^b  

^a National Centre of Epidemiology   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community mental health care; Health services research; Inpatient care; Italy; Residential facilities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; DAY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MONITORING; OUTPATIENT CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84902138449     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000144     Document Type: Review

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