Mental health
Safety & quality
Consumer outcomes in mental health care
In 2023–24 on average, patients had a higher rate of clinical improvement during admitted hospital care compared with other settings.
Experiences of care
Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) collect patients’ views about their experience of health services they received and the impact or outcomes of those services.
Consumer experience in public mental health services
Patient experience in private hospital mental health services
Involuntary treatment in public mental health care
In 2023–24, 50% of hospitalisations in mental health care were for people receiving involuntary treatment in acute (short-term care) units and 27% of non-acute hospitalisations.
