Background. Evidence-informed planning and interpretation of research results both require
standardised description of local care delivery context. Such context analysis descriptions …

Objective: Access to services and workforce shortages are major challenges in rural areas
worldwide. In order to improve access to mental health care, it is imperative to understand …

Objective: Mental health (MH) care in remote areas is frequently scarce and fragmented and
difficult to compare objectively with other areas even in the same country. This study aimed …

Objective: This article reviews the usability ofthe IntegratedAtlases ofMental Health as a
decision support tool for service planning following a health ecosystem research approach …

Introduction Mental healthcare systems are primarily designed to urban populations.
However, the specific characteristics of rural areas require specific strategies, resource …

Australia has a population of around 4 million people aged 65 years and over, many of
whom are at risk of developing cognitive decline, mental illness, and/or psychological …

Background DESDE-LTC (Description and Evaluation of Services and DirectoriEs for Long-
Term Care) is an international classification system that allows standardized coding and …

Background Qatari health planning in the last decade aimed to make the transition from the
traditional hospital-based psychiatric care to a community-based care, building an …

Urbanisation presents specific mental health challenges, requiring a better understanding of
service availability in urban areas for mental health care planning. Our objective is to …

The mental health services in Finland have undergone large structural changes during the
last decades. Comparable, systematic information on the personnel resources and service …