Improving mental health outcomes: achieving equity through quality improvement
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Improving mental health outcomes: achieving equity through quality improvement
OBJECTIVE To investigate equity of patient outcomes in a psychological therapy service, following increased access achieved by a quality improvement (QI) initiative. DESIGN Retrospective service evaluation of health outcomes; data analysed by ANOVA, chi-squared and Statistical Process Control. SETTING A psychological therapy service in Westminster, London, UK. PARTICIPANTS People living i...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1353-4505,1464-3677
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzu005