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ArticleAdministration and policy in mental health2008

Quality assurance and improvement practice in mental health agencies: roles, activities, targets and contributions.

Curtis McMillen, Luis E Zayas, Samantha Books, Madeline Lee

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Article in Administration and policy in mental health, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Curtis McMillenCenter for Mental Health Services Research George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA. cmcmille@wustl.edu
Luis E Zayas
Samantha Books
Madeline Lee
Washington University in St. Louis · USArizona State University · US

Funding

GWB MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH TRAININGT32MH019960 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Leopoldo J Cabassa, Byron James Powell · 1995 to 2026
$11.1M
OPERATIONS CORE (285-351)P30MH068579 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MCMILLEN, J. CURTIS · 2004 to 2008
$7.0M
NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH 068579NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH068579NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019960
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accompanying the rise in the number of mental health agency personnel tasked with quality assurance and improvement (QA/I) responsibilities is an increased need to understand the nature of the work these professionals undertake. Four aspects of the work of quality assurance and improvement (QA/I) professionals in mental health were explored in this qualitative study: their perceived roles, their major activities, their QA/I targets, and their contributions. In-person interviews were conducted with QA/I professionals at 16 mental health agencies. Respondents perceived their roles at varying levels of complexity, focused on different targets, and used different methods to conduct their work. Few targets of QA/I work served as indicators of high quality care. Most QA/I professionals provided concrete descriptions of how they had improved agency services, while others could describe none. Accreditation framed much of agency QA/I work, perhaps to its detriment.

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Administrative PersonnelChild Health ServicesProfessional RoleAccreditationChildCommunity Mental Health ServicesHumansMissouriPrivate SectorQualitative ResearchQuality Assurance, Health CareTask Performance and Analysis

Identifiers

PMID18688707
PMCPMC2739613
OpenAlexW2058952688

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