The MHSIP Mental Health Report Card: A Consumer-Oriented Approach to Monitoring the Quality of Mental Health Plans
In: Evaluation review: a journal of applied social research, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 330-341
ISSN: 1552-3926
Health care report cards have been endorsed as a mechanism for efficiently comparing key quanttfiable aspects of performance across a range of health systems or plans. There are challenges in determining what to measure; how to gather and analyze data; and how to report, interpret, and use findings. Mental health has received little attention, and a consumer perspec tive is typically not included. The proposed MHSIP mental health report card (MMHRC) addresses these concerns. General issues for report cards are discussed, and the MMHRC is described in terms of content, data sources and quality, and analysis and reporting.