Routine quality care assessment of schizophrenic disorders using information systems.

Objective: To assess the quality of mental healthcare provided to patients with schizophrenic disorders in the Italian region of Lombardy.

Design: Forty-one clinical indicators were applied to Lombardy's healthcare databases containing data on mental health treatments, hospital admissions, somatic health treatments and pharmaceutical prescriptions.

Setting: All public departments of mental health and private residential facilities in Lombardy.