Quality Measures Database

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Process
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Outcome
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Structure
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Non-Medical Determinants of Health
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Equity
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Specific Conditions
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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
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Age Groups
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Gender Groups
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Interventions
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Clinical Setting
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	School-based Mental Health Services
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	Solo Practitioner
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	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.

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Use of Child Mental Health Waitlist Priority Criteria

Overall Rank: 129

Use of the Western Canada Waitlist project revised child mental health services priority criteria, a validated 18-item measure to prioritize children’s access to secondary child mental health care services.

Domain : Children

Young people 0 to 11 years of age and conditions common in this population
Additional Domain(s) : Accessibility

Rationale

see ref

Primary Reference

Smith DH, Hadorn DC; Steering Committee of The Western Canada Waiting List Project. Lining up for children's mental health services: a tool for prioritizing waiting lists. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2002 Apr;41(4):367-76; discussion 376-7.
PMID: 11931592

Level of Evidence

V: Validated scale: Research has been conducted to determine it has at least some properties associated with a high quality scale

Summarized Comments

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*I have not found the WCWL helpful or relevant for most kids less than twelve years old and the questions don’t apply to those less than six years old. There is nothing in that questionnaire about other risk factors relevant to children's mental health.
This tool looks easier to use then the brief intake tool currently used in Ontario.
My understanding is that the relevance of this tool has recently come into question

Variation in Results

Ratings-based Rank

Relevance	129
Actionability	115
Overall Importance	137

Stakeholder Rank

Academics	138
Clinicians	139
Consumers	105
Decision Makers	122

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Special Group Rank

First Nations	125
Rural Areas	131
Federal Stakeholders	122

Regional Rank

BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	YT	NT	NU
148	143	78	134	127	116	139	142	132	125	80	100	105

Overall Rank

129

SA12c (B1499)

Distribution of Survey Respondent Ratings

Relevance

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Actionability

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Overall Importance

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3 = can live without
2 = nice to have
1 = indispensable

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The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the official policies of Health Canada