Service organisation, service use and costs of community mental health care.

Background: Different forms of service organisation may be expected to affect costs. I is important to understand the distribution of costs amongst providers of mental health care, so that the effect of service developments on budgets can be better anticipated and planned.

Aims: This study explored the association between different forms of mental health service organisation and costs.

Community mental healthcare in England: associations between service organisation and quality of life.

The present authors set out to explore the relationship between different forms of service organisation and quality of life (QoL) for service users. Four mental health trusts and their corresponding social services departments were recruited to exemplify: (1). high and low levels of integration between health and social services; and (2).