Abstract
The foregoing article by Rosenheck and Cicchetti describing the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) report card is a valuable contribution to the emerging literature on the large-scale monitoring of mental health services. In an era of increasing preoccupation with quantification of activity and results, the authors have devised a method for using existing administrative data to highlight and compare key aspects of organizational performance across a large service system. These brief comments fall into three categories: strengths of the model; limitations of and alternatives to exclusive use of existing data; and generalizability of the approach.
Original language | American English |
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Journal | Community Mental Health Journal |
Volume | 34 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1998 |
Keywords
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Public Sector
- Health Psychology
- Health Program
Disciplines
- Health Law and Policy
- Law
- Medicine and Health Sciences
- Mental and Social Health
- Psychiatric and Mental Health