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What? Another Form? The Process of Measuring and Comparing Service Utilization in a Community Mental Health Program Model.
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Dewa, Carolyn S.; Horgan, Salinda; Russell, Marc; Keates, Jane – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2001
Describes experiences in developing a multi-program economic evaluation and costing study of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), a widely studied community mental health treatment model. The project description shows how the worlds of research and service delivery can collaborate to come to symbiotic resolutions. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Costs, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
Consumer Satisfaction of Parents and Their Children with Child/Adolescent Mental Health Services.
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Godley, Susan Harrington; Funk, Rodney R.; Fiedler, Elisa Mustari – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
The satisfaction of 469 parents or guardians and 387 of their children who received mental health services at 22 community agencies in Illinois was assessed with standardized measures and procedures. Youths' satisfaction was less than that of their parents. Results are used to formulate a prediction model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
The Role of Evaluation in Restructuring of the Public Mental Health System.
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Mowbray, Carol T. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
A literature review describes evaluation activities in mental health services in financial, programmatic/clinical, and new constituency areas. Expanding reimbursement for alternative mental health services is offered as a way of developing a formal structure to ensure better utilization of evaluation results. (SLD)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Health Services
Validation of Indirect Methods to Estimate Need for Mental Health Services: Concepts, Strategy, and General Conclusions.
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Ciarlo, James A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
A summary is provided of a large-scale needs assessment research project in Colorado that tested the validity of several statistical procedures or models for indirectly estimating the need for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services across geographic subregions using a Colorado Social Health Survey sample of 4,745 adults. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Delivery Systems, Drug Rehabilitation
Indirect Needs Assessment for Mental Health Services Planning: Introduction to This Special Issue.
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Goldsmith, Harold F.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Articles in this special issue use survey data to provide policymakers with validated indirect needs assessment models that will help them obtain information about populations requiring different levels and types of mental health services. The articles provide the basis for predictive needs assessment and explanatory models of resource allocation.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Health Needs, Mental Health Programs
Utilizing Client Outcomes to Improve the Delivery of Mental Health Services: Coping with Organizational Realities, Concerns about Relevance, and the Believability of the Data.
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Green, Rex S., Ed.; Newman, Frederick L., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The six articles of this special section address the organizational context that shapes utilization of mental health services, the relevance of data elements and results to decision making, and assuring the validity of evaluation results. Theoretical and practical concerns are considered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Coping, Data Collection, Decision Making
Three Critical Views of Functioning: Comparisons of Assessments Made by Individuals with Mental Illness, Their Case Managers, and Family Members.
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Massey, Oliver T.; Wu, Liang – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
Assessments of 41 mentally ill adults (consumers of mental health services) of their level of functioning were compared with assessments by family members and mental health services case managers. Moderate correlations are found among the perspectives, and the relevance of the three perspectives for community-based service provision is discussed.…
Descriptors: Ability, Administrators, Adults, Community Programs