Quality indicators for mental healthcare in the Danube region: results from a pilot feasibility study.

Quality indicators for mental healthcare in the Danube region: results from a pilot feasibility study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2020 Apr 08;: Authors: Gaebel W, Lehmann I, Chisholm D, Hinkov H, Höschl C, Kapócs G, Kurimay T, Tosevski DL, Milosavljevic M, Nakov V, Winkler P, Zielasek J Abstract Quality indicators are vital for monitoring the transformation of institution-based mental health services towards the provision of person-centered mental healthcare. While several mental healthcare quality indicators have been identified as relevant and valid, their actual usability and utility for routine monitoring healthcare quality over time is significantly determined by the availability and trustworthiness of the underlying data. In this feasibility study, quality indicators that have been systematically identified for use in the Danube region countries of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Serbia were measured on the basis of existing mental healthcare data in the four countries. Data were collected retrospectively by means of the best available, most standardized, trustworthy, and up-to-date data in each country. Out of 21 proposed quality indicators, 18 could be measured in Hungary, 17 could be measured in Bulgaria and in the Czech Republic, and 8 could be measured in Serbia. The results demonstrate that a majority of quality indicators can be measured in most of the countries by means of already existing data, the...
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci Source Type: research