Estimating the coverage of mental health programmes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The large treatment gap for people suffering from mental disorders has led to initiatives to scale up mental health services. In order to track progress, estimates of programme coverage, and changes in coverage over time, are needed.

Methods

Systematic review of mental health programme evaluations that assess coverage, measured either as the proportion of the target population in contact with services (contact coverage) or as the proportion of the target population who receive appropriate and effective care (effective coverage). We performed a search of electronic databases and grey literature up to March 2013 and contacted experts in the field. Methods to estimate the numerator (service utilization) and the denominator (target population) were reviewed to explore

SUBMITTER: De Silva MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3997372 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature