Quality Indicators: Defining and Measuring Quality in Psychiatric Care for Adults and Children (Report of the APA Task Force on Quality Indicators) Book

Introduction. Report of the American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Quality Indicators. Executive summary. Charge and process. Definitions and framework. Recommendations and selected indicators. Other APA efforts. Report use and dissemination. Report of the task force on quality indicators. General context. APA context. Task force approach. Overall quality framework from a clinical perspective. Recommendations/goals and sample quality. Indicators for selected areas of focused. Quality assessment and improvement. Workbook of quality indicators. Next steps. References. Acronyms and abbreviations. Index of quality Indicators by topic. Report of the American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Quality Indicators for Children. Executive summary. Charge and process. Definitions. Quality framework. Workbook of quality indicators. Other APA efforts. Report dissemination. How to use this report. Report of the task force on quality indicators for children. General context. APA context. Task force approach. Overall quality framework. Workbook of quality indicators. Next steps. References. Acronyms and abbreviations. Glossary of terms and definitions. Index of quality indicators by topic. Index of surveys, rating scales, and instruments.