title: Mental health quality measurement in the Department of Defense. A developing system.
abstract: In response to the need for high-quality mental health care for its beneficiaries at appropriate cost to the government, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) has developed a quality and utilization management program that requires contracted organizations to manage care through appropriate means. The system provides for oversight of utilization management contractors by a national quality monitoring contractor and a proposed utilization management criteria set based on an analysis of criteria sets currently used in government and industry. This article describes the program at its current level of development.
authors: Division of Clinical Services, Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1200, USA.
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Paris
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006078:Government Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States