Australia's National Mental Health Strategy

Australia commenced a 5-year reform of mental health services in 1993. To report on the changes to mental health services achieved by 1998. Analysis of data from the Australian National Mental Health Report 2000 and an independent evaluation of the National Mental Health Strategy. Mental health expe...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2002-03, Vol.180 (3), p.210-215
Main Authors: WHITEFORD, HARVEY, BUCKINGHAM, BILL, MANDERSCHEID, RONALD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
Caregivers
Colonies & territories
Community Health Planning - economics
Community mental health services
Consumers
Elder care
Endorsements
Expenditures
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health Care Reform
Health Expenditures
Health planning
Health services
Hospitals
Hospitals, General - economics
Hospitals, Psychiatric - economics
Humans
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health services
Mental Health Services - economics
Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Mental Health Services - standards
National Health Programs
Per capita
Primary care
Private hospitals
Private Sector
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatry
Public Sector
Quality of service
Reforms
Strategic planning
Strategies
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Summary:Australia commenced a 5-year reform of mental health services in 1993. To report on the changes to mental health services achieved by 1998. Analysis of data from the Australian National Mental Health Report 2000 and an independent evaluation of the National Mental Health Strategy. Mental health expenditure increased 30% in real terms, with an 87% growth in community expenditures, a 38% increase in general hospitals and a 29% decrease in psychiatric hospitals. The growth in private psychiatry, averaging 6% annually prior to 1992, was reversed. Consumer and carer involvement in services increased. Major structural reform was achieved but there was limited evidence that these changes had been accompanied by improved service quality. The National Mental Health Strategy was renewed for another 5 years.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.180.3.210