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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Mental Disorders: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives |
| Editors | Robert Woolfolk, Lesley Allen |
| Place of Publication | Rijeka, Croatia |
| Publisher | InTech Open |
| Pages | 389-407 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789535109198 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Mental Health
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