Quality Measures Database

Keywords

Domains

Process
	Acceptability
	Accessibility
	Appropriateness
	Competence
	Continuity
	Effectiveness
	Efficiency
	Safety
	Comprehensiveness
	Patient-Centeredness
	Legal

Outcome
	Health Conditions
	Human Function
	Well-Being
	Deaths
	Service Outputs
	Satisfaction
	Impact on Society

Structure
	Physical Infrastructure
	Personnel Management
	Information Management
	Financial Management
	Quality and Safety

Non-Medical Determinants of Health
	Health Behaviors
	Living and Working Conditions
	Personal Resources
	Environmental Factors
	Health Literacy

Equity
	Equity

Specific Conditions
	Comorbid Conditions
	Chronic Conditions
	Acute Conditions
	Substance Abuse
	Anxiety Disorders
	Somatoform Disorders
	Sleep Disorders
	Eating Disorders
	Personality Disorders
	Mood Disorders
	Psychosis
	Impulse Control Disorders
	Elderly
	Reproductive Mental Health Disorders

Special Groups
	Ethnic / Cultural Minorities
	People Who Live in Rural Areas
	People with a Family History of a Mental Health Condition
	Social Service Welfare Recipients
	Homeless or Itinerant
	Unemployed
	Aboriginal
	Seniors in Facilities
	Recent Refugees
	Immigrants
	Residents of Correctional Institutions
	Inner City Residents
	Speakers of English as a Second Language

Age Groups
	Elderly
	Adult
	Youth
	Children
	Children

Gender Groups
	Women
	Men
	Gender Identities Other Than Men or Women

Interventions
	Medication
	Psychotherapy
	Peer Support
	Prevention
	Other Somatic Treatments
	Early Detection
	Health Promotion
	Family Involvement
	Group Treatment
	Self-Management Support
	Rehabilitation
	Physical Health Intervention

Clinical Setting
	Shared Care
	Emergency Services
	School-based Mental Health Services
	Work-based Mental Health Services
	Outreach Services
	Solo Practitioner
	Group Family Practitioner
	Community Health Care Centre
	Walk in Clinics

Level of Evidence

	I	Consistently higher quality studies specifically focused on primary mental health care.
	II	Less rigorous studies specifically focused on primary mental health care or extrapolated from higher quality studies from secondary mental health care.
	III	Preliminary research evidence only or evidence based on consensus opinion only.
	IV	Evidence based on individual expert opinion.
	V	Validated scale: Research has been conducted to determine it has at least some properties associated with a high quality scale
	VI	Non-validated scale: Research regarding the quality of the scale has not been conducted.

Measure Ranking

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Outside Office Contacts

Overall Rank: 141

The percent of initial and follow-up contacts made by staff to clients that occurred outside of the office.

Domain : Outreach Services

Primary health care service provided in non-clinical settings, usually to vulnerable populations (e.g., homebased care, shelter-based care, Assertive Community Treatment teams, street nurses).
Additional Domain(s) : Accessibility, Children

Rationale

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PERFORMANCE INDICATOR ITEMS
Recovery Theme: Formal Services (involves the findings that formal service systems culture, organization, structure, funding, access, choice, quality, range, continuity and other characteristics can help or hinder the process of recovery). Formal Services Sub-Theme: Helpful System Culture and Orientation (involves the finding that a formal service systems culture and orientation that is holistic and consumer oriented
facilitates recovery).

Primary Reference

Onken, S. J., Dumont, J. M., Ridgway, P., Dornan, D.H., Ralph, R.O. (2003). MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY: WHAT HELPS AND WHAT HINDERS?A NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECOVERY FACILITATING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. Retrieved on July 31, 2006 from: http://www.nasmhpd.org/general_files/publications/ntac_pubs/reports/MHSIPReport.pdf

Level of Evidence

III: Preliminary research evidence only or evidence based on consensus opinion only.

Summarized Comments

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* I am confused on how this relates to this definition of primary care
* Very important for children, adolescents, and schools.

Variation in Results

Ratings-based Rank

Relevance	141
Actionability	135
Overall Importance	138

Stakeholder Rank

Academics	148
Clinicians	113
Consumers	128
Decision Makers	142

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Special Group Rank

First Nations	126
Rural Areas	135
Federal Stakeholders	117

Regional Rank

BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	YT	NT	NU
134	115	129	107	151	150	120	124	120	138	97	126	142

Overall Rank

141

SA19g (H854)

Distribution of Survey Respondent Ratings

Relevance

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Actionability

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High

Overall Importance

100
90
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70
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3 = can live without
2 = nice to have
1 = indispensable

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