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Title
Quality in Delivery of Mental Health Services
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Publication Date
2013
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Open Access
Yes
Abstract
Quality in health care is an important contemporary topic because of rising consumer expectations of health care amidst constrained health care budgets. Historically mental health services have been the poor cousin of health care services generally, and acute health care services specifically. At this time when quality in health care is occupying more space in the health care literature, it is opportune to review what inroads have been made as far as quality in delivery of mental health services. This chapter will examine the movement towards quality management in health care and explore the divide between quality in general health care and quality in mental health care. After this, what is considered quality in delivery of mental health services is discussed and finally the challenges to quality in delivery of mental health services and methods to overcome these challenges are analysed.
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Source of Publication
Mental Disorders: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, p. 389-407
Publisher
InTech Open
Place of Publication
Rijeka, Croatia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
HERDC Category Description
ISBN
9789535109198
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