Mental Health Quality Assurance
Open Access
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Evaluation & the Health Professions
- Vol. 6 (3) , 327-338
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016327878300600306
Abstract
In this article, quality assurance efforts in the field of mental health are discussed, especially concerning the reviews of outpatient clinical services. The recently establishedAmerican PsychologicalAssociation APA/ CHAMPUSprogram is described in detail, a national program of peer review that is illustrative of the major conceptual and professional issues inherent in the mental health quality assurance process. Throughout the article, comparisons are made between quality assurance in the medicine and mental health fields.Keywords
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