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Published on: February 16, 2011
Measuring quality in mental health services
1Center for Mental Health Policy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
Abstract:
This article introduces the special issue on measuring quality of care. The overall purpose of this issue is to encourage an increased presence of evaluators in quality-of-care research. The sections of this special issue are devoted to conceptual issues concerning quality and the future of quality measurement. They include a description of current governmental and private efforts in measuring quality, a brief report on quality measurement efforts in Great Britain, and four quality-of-care research reports.
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