Does community care work? A model to evaluate the effectiveness of mental health services

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of community Mental Health Departments in Lombardy (Italy), and analyse the eventual differences in outcome produced by different packages of care. The survey was conducted in 2000 on 4,712 patients treated i...

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Main Authors: Lovaglio Piergiorgio, Lora Antonio, Erlicher Arcadio, Monzani Emiliano, Vittadini Giorgio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:International Journal of Mental Health Systems
Online Access:http://www.ijmhs.com/content/2/1/10