Measuring consumer outcomes in mental health : field testing of selected measures of consumer outcomes in mental health / Terry Stedman ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 1806920
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council. National Working Group on Mental Health Policy
- Description:
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- Canberra : Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, 1997
- iv, 222 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642283478
- Summary:
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Recommendations: (1) The Commonwealth and State governments should aim to develop an environment which encourages and supports routine outcomes assessment in accordance with National Standards for Mental Health Services and guidelines for clinical practice. The choice of a national consumer outcomes measure should not be the primary goal at this stage; (2) Measures of outcomes should be considered primarily as tools for improving the quality of services. Outcomes assessment is not the only measurement exercise that a modern service requires. Alternative uses of outcomes data such as resource decision-making will, however, require more specific and detailed examinations of the suitability of these measures and the data obtained from them; (3) Outcomes assessment should be considered as a goal in itself and needs to be differentiated from other information gathering tasks and developments; and (4) There is a need for more applied research into service effectiveness and the dimensions of consumer outcomes.
- Full contents:
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- Executive summary : measuring consumer outcomes in mental health
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Results
- Conclusions and recommendations
- 1.0. Introduction
- 2.0. Aims and research questions
- 3.0. Method
- 4.0. Results
- 5.0. Conclusions and recommendations
- 6.0 References
- Appendixes.
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- Commonwealth of Australia.
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- Until 2047 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Publication date:
- 1997
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