ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify facilitators and barriers to implementing quality
measurement in primary mental health care as part of a large Canadian study (Continuous …

The National Inventory of Mental Health Quality Measures was funded by the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality to (1) inventory process measures for assessing the …

Objective To develop quality measures using a consensus-based, multistakeholder process
to improve delivery of mental health services within primary healthcare settings. Methods A …

Objective. To identify quality measures for international benchmarking of mental health care
that assess important processes and outcomes of care, are scientifically sound, and are …

The first book to focus on measuring the basic processes of mental healthcare, such as
access, detection, treatment appropriateness, safety and continuity of care, Improving Mental …

Objective This study by the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership Clinical
Leaders Project sought to describe ongoing or soon-to-be-established national-level mental …

How can professionals maintain or improve the quality of care they provide when pressured
by payers to reduce the cost of care? Clinicians today face the challenge of providing …

Objective Inconsistent performance measurement schemes hinder attempts to make
international comparisons about mental health-care quality. This report describes a project …

Objective: Quality-improvement efforts are hindered by a lack of consensus on meaningful
and feasible measures of care. The objective of this study was to develop a core set of …

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 …