Does the quality and outcomes framework reduce psychiatric admissions in people with serious mental illness? A regression analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Gutacker, Nils ^a   Mason, Anne R ^a   Kendrick, Tony ^b   Goddard, Maria ^a   Gravelle, Hugh ^a   Gilbody, Simon ^a   Aylott, Lauren ^c   Wainwright, June ^c   Jacobs, Rowena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Service User   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS; AGED; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929346810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007342     Document Type: Article

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