MEASURING MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FAIRLY

该提案要求提供资金，以召开一次关于心理健康成果衡量专题的全国研究发展会议。 会议的目的是汇集大学研究人员和公共和私人心理健康代表，讨论，制定和实施关于有效测量和使用心理健康结果的研究议程。这次会议将以1999年在AHCPR和NIMH支持下举行的非常成功的会议为基础。 它将侧重于可持续发展讨论，以在三个领域开展合作研究活动：在结果分析之前需要做些什么（例如，抽样、数据收集、衡量工具）;分析方法，特别是侧重于风险调整的分析方法;以及分析后需要采取哪些措施，以有效地传达结果。 长期目标是在精神卫生组织中实施和评估一种有效的数据收集、风险调整分析和报告方法，以便在精神卫生服务组织的比较评估中公平地使用结果。

This proposal requests funds to convene a national research development conference on the topic of mental health outcomes measurement. The purpose of the conference is to bring together university researchers and public and private mental health representatives to discuss, develop and implement a research agenda on valid measurement and use of mental health outcomes. The conference will build on a highly successful 1999 conference supported by AHCPR and NIMH. It will focus on workgroup discussions to develop collaborative research activities in three areas: what needs to happen before outcomes analysis (e.g., sampling, data collection, measurement tools); methods of analysis particularly focusing on risk-adjustment; and what needs to happen after analysis to communicate results effectively. The long-term objective is to implement and evaluate in mental health organizations a valid approach to data collection, risk- adjustment analysis, and reporting, so that outcomes may be used fairly in comparative evaluation of mental health services organizations.