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Key performance indicators for Australian public mental health services
This report proposes a set of key performance indicators for use in Australia's public sector mental health services that is based on the National Health Performance Framework and linked to the strategic directions of the National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008.
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Key performance indicators for Australian public mental health services (PDF 644 KB large file)
The same publication in smaller sections:
Cover pages (PDF 203 KB)
Foreword & acknowledgments (PDF 63 KB)
Contents (PDF 72 KB)
Executive summary (PDF 59 KB)
1. Background and context (PDF 46 KB)
2. Developments in Australian mental health performance monitoring (PDF 91 KB)
3. Developments in performance indicators for mental health services (PDF 105 KB)
4. Design issues (PDF 87 KB)
5. Measuring mental health across the national health performance domains (PDF 126 KB)
6. Next steps in implementing performance indicators (PDF 63 KB)
Appendices
Appendix A - Phase one indicator specifications (PDF 159 KB)
Appendix B - Definition of 'specialised mental health service organisation' (PDF 67 KB)
Appendix C - Sources and availability of data for phase one performance indicators (PDF 67 KB)
Appendix D - Demonstration of phase one indicators for a hypothetical organisation (PDF 83 KB)
Appendix E - Selection criteria for health performance indicators (PDF 56 KB)
Appendix F - Existing and developmental state and territory key performance indicators (as at March 2003) (PDF 73 KB)
Appendix G - United States National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) standardised framework (PDF 56 KB)
Appendix H - Consensus indicators developed under the American College of Mental Health Administration (PDF 70 KB)
Appendix I - Summary of performance measures listed by Canadian Federal/ Provincial/ Territorial Advisory Network on Mental Health (PDF 79 KB)
Appendix J - Desirable attributes of performance measurement systems (PDF 76 KB)
Appendix K - Performance indicator drafting group members (PDF 67 KB)
Appendix L - References (PDF 71 KB)
Appendix M - Contacts for information about mental health services (PDF 56 KB)
Page last reviewed: 18 April 2011
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