title: Mental health services in British Columbia: a problem of quality control.
abstract: Highly centralized control of the British Columbia Mental Health Services has undermined the effectiveness and efficiency of mental health services, according to the author. While quality control policies based upon these assumptions may be fiscally elegant, they are costly and clinically counterproductive.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Hayes
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004526:Efficiency; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care