MEASURING MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FAIRLY

该提案要求提供资金，以召开一次关于精神健康结果衡量主题的全国研究发展会议。会议的目的是将大学研究人员以及公共和私人精神健康代表聚集在一起，讨论、制定和实施关于有效衡量和使用精神健康结果的研究议程。这次会议将建立在AHCPR和NIMH支持的1999年非常成功的会议的基础上。它将侧重于工作组讨论，以便在三个领域开展合作研究活动：在结果分析之前需要做什么(例如，采样、数据收集、计量工具)；分析方法，特别侧重于风险调整；分析之后需要做什么，以便有效地传达结果。长期目标是在精神卫生组织中实施和评估有效的数据收集、风险调整分析和报告方法，以便结果可以公平地用于精神卫生服务组织的比较评估。

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.