Use of manpower data in an integrated database for program efficiency analysis: an example from a statewide community mental health system.
This article describes a method for systematically utilizing manpower data to analyze program efficiency of community mental health services. Examples of how analyses of performance data can be substantially enhanced by integrating manpower staffing data with other key financial, client, and service volume variables are provided.
D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D004526:Efficiency; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008330:Management Audit; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000592:standards*