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Consumer groups and legislators are clamoring for accountability and higher degrees of service relevance from mental health providers. This trend has evolved because mental health agencies have established programs without clearly defined objectives, and have resisted the evaluation of their services. This paper addresses these issues and presents an evaluation model for a partial hospitalization program. The evaluation instrument, the Functional Baseline System (FBS), is presented with its use in assessing program effectiveness and efficiency.
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William J. Krowinski is Director of the Day Treatment Center at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. David X. Fitt is Research Director for the Department of Psychiatry at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
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Krowinski, W.J., Fitt, D.X. A model for evaluating mental health programs: The functional baseline system. Administration in Mental Health 6, 22–41 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00820772
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