Quality indicators : defining and measuring quality in psychiatric care for adults and children : report of the APA Task Force on Quality Indicators and report of the APA Task Force on Quality Indicators for Children and Adolescents.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

APA Task Force on Quality Indicators.

Contributor:

APA Task Force on Quality Indicators for Children and Adolescents.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health services--Standards.

Mental health services.

Quality assurance.

Mental Health Services--standards.

Health Services Accessibility--standards.

Outcome Assessment, Health Care--standards.

Quality Indicators, Health Care--standards.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Health Services--standards.

Health Services Accessibility--standards.

Outcome Assessment, Health Care--standards.

Quality Indicators, Health Care--standards.

Physical Description:

xi, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychiatric Association, [2002]

Summary:

This compelling monograph combines--for the first time--the reports from two American Psychiatric Association task forces on quality in psychiatric care, offering a clinical framework for quality measurement that provides sample indicators of quality for health plans, facilities, and systems of care. Using similar formats and definitions, each task force considered a matrix of priority areas of care, including specific patient populations (e.g., elderly, seriously and persistently mentally ill, developmentally disabled people) and diagnostic categories (e.g., depressive disorder, schizophrenia, substance use disorders). Each then examined important aspects of patient care and constructed a quality framework that included dimensions of access, quality (appropriateness of care), perception of care (satisfaction), outcome, and--for the children's report--prevention.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0890422915

OCLC:

48917939