title: Measuring quality in mental health services.
abstract: This article introduces the special issue on measuring quality of care. The overall purpose of this issue is to encourage an increased presence of evaluators in quality-of-care research. The sections of this special issue are devoted to conceptual issues concerning quality and the future of quality measurement. They include a description of current governmental and private efforts in measuring quality, a brief report on quality measurement efforts in Great Britain, and four quality-of-care research reports.
authors: Center for Mental Health Policy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Bickman
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Salzer
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States