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SUBMITTER: Shen GC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4253997 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of mental health systems 20141122 1
<h4>Background</h4>Policies generate accountability in that they offer a standard against which government performance can be assessed. A central question of this study is whether ideological imprint left by policy is realized in the time following its adoption. National mental health policy expressly promotes the notion of deinstitutionalization, which mandates that individuals be cared for in the community rather than in institutional environments.<h4>Methods</h4>We investigate whether mental ...[more]