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Developing a casemix classification for mental health services: volume 2 resource materials (PDF 3916 KB large file)
The same publication in smaller sections:
Cover pages (PDF 146 KB)
Table of contents (PDF 52 KB)
Part A: Materials relevant to study privacy protocol (PDF 41 KB)
- Appendix A-1: Site memorandum of understanding (PDF 109 KB)
- Appendix A-2: Privacy protocol for the user of personal information in the MH-CASC project (PDF 214 KB)
- Appendix A-3: Consumer information pamphlets (PDF 242 KB)
- Appendix B-1: Study sampling (PDF 113 KB)
- Appendix B-2: Initial consumer groupings proposed by clinical panels (PDF 124 KB)
- Appendix B-3: Operationalising the groups proposed by clinical panels (PDF 392 KB)
- Appendix B-4: Issues surrounding diagnosis (PDF 108 KB)
- Appendix B-5: Mapping of ICD-10 codes to MH-CASC diagnostic groups (PDF 121 KB)
- Appendix B-6: Standard ward/program definitions (PDF 66 KB)
- Appendix B-7: Financial reporting requirements of sites (PDF 129 KB)
- Appendix B-8: Overhead allocation statistics used in the study (PDF 82 KB)
- Appendix B-9: Role description for site coordinators (PDF 108 KB)
- Appendix B-10: Commonly asked questions about the MH-CASC project (PDF 107 KB)
- Appendix C-1: Summary of patient attribute data (PDF 268 KB)
- Appendix C-2: Glossary for Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) (PDF 152 KB)
- Appendix C-3: Abbreviated Life Skills Profile (LSP-16) (PDF 47 KB)
- Appendix C-4: Comparison of Abbreviated Life Skills Profile (LSP-16) with original version (PDF 101 KB)
- Appendix C-5: The Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living Scale (PDF 93 KB)
- Appendix C-6: The Resident Classification Instrument (RCI) Behaviour Scale (PDF 79 KB)
- Appendix C-7: Glossary for Health of the Nation Outcomes Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) (PDF 152 KB)
- Appendix C-8: Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) (PDF 91 KB)
- Appendix C-9: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (PDF 94 KB)
Part E: Descriptive statistics on the patient analysis cohorts (PDF 47 KB)
- Appendix E-1: Sociodemographic characteristics (PDF 64 KB)
- Appendix E-2: Clinical characteristics (PDF 81 KB)
Part G: Summary statistics on performance of clinical panels' groups (PDF 78 KB)
Part H: Summary statistics on performance of MH-CASC classification model (PDF 116 KB)
Part I: Cost components and service weights for MH-CASC classes (PDF 91 KB)
Part J: Supplementary analysis papers (PDF 41 KB)
- Appendix J-1: Analysis of focus of care (PDF 209 KB)
- Appendix J-2: Predicting legal status from clinical attributes (PDF 101 KB)
Page last reviewed: 5 March 2013
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