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  • Quantifying the Economic Structure of the Australian Mental Health Sector Since 1992-93

    Author(s)
    Doessel, Darrel
    Tonmukayakul, Utsana
    F. G. Williams, Ruth
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Doessel, Darrel P.
    Year published
    2011
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    This article quantifies and describes some key dimensions of the mental health sector in Australia since 1992-93. The article considers three broad perspectives on the economic structure of the sector. Our first set of descriptions is of this sector's size. We measure expenditures and sources of funding in absolute and relative terms. Second, we examine expenditures on specialized mental health services. Here, we examine the expenditures allocated to the nationally defined set of specialized services, consisting of stand-alone and co-located hospital services, community mental health services, residential services, non-government ...
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    This article quantifies and describes some key dimensions of the mental health sector in Australia since 1992-93. The article considers three broad perspectives on the economic structure of the sector. Our first set of descriptions is of this sector's size. We measure expenditures and sources of funding in absolute and relative terms. Second, we examine expenditures on specialized mental health services. Here, we examine the expenditures allocated to the nationally defined set of specialized services, consisting of stand-alone and co-located hospital services, community mental health services, residential services, non-government organizations, and so on. Finally, we undertake a spatial perspective on our quantification exercise. Using population-adjusted measures of service provision data, we calculate the coefficient of variation for the provision of specialized mental health services across the regions of Australia, and determine whether temporal convergence or divergence has occured across the regions in the provision of specialized mental health services. Although the Australian mental health sector may appear to be a jigsaw with many pieces, broad overviews, such as this article, help clarify its dimensions.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Mental Health
    Volume
    40
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.2753/IMH0020-7411400202
    Subject
    Mental health services
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/43243
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