Consumer outcome indicators
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More information can be found in the Consumer outcomes in mental health care section.
Indicator 1: Change in mental health consumer's clinical outcomes
Description: The proportion of mental health-related episodes of care where:
- significant improvement,
- significant deterioration, and
- no significant change
were identified between baseline and follow-up of completed clinician-rated outcome measures.
In the last 10 years, the proportion of episodes reporting significant improvement after completed mental health care varied between 71–74% in inpatient settings and 48–52% in ambulatory settings.