title: The balanced care model: the case for both hospital- and community-based mental healthcare.
abstract: The balanced care model proposes that a comprehensive mental health system needs to include both community- and hospital-based care. The model is based on a structured review of scientific evidence, and is also informed by the experience of experts active in mental health system change in many countries worldwide.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thornicroft
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tansella
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D017146:Models, Organizational