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Original evaluation framework domain | Original evaluation framework question | Current evaluation questions(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Access to services | 1a. To what extent has the Better Access initiative provided access to mental health care for people with mental disorders? Across all of Australia? Across all age groups | 1a, 1b, 1c, 1e | |
| 1. Access to services | 1b. To what extent has the Better Access initiative provided access to affordable care? | 1a, 1b, 1c | |
| 1. Access to services | 1c. To what extent has the Better Access initiative provided equitable access to populations in need? In particular: people living in rural and remote areas; children and young people; older persons; Indigenous Australians; and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds | 1c | |
| 2. Appropriateness of services | 2d. To what extent has the Better Access initiative provided evidencebased mental health care to people with mental disorders? | - | |
| 2. Appropriateness of services | 2e. To what extent has the better Access initiative provided services that match client needs and expectations? | 2a | |
| 3. Effectiveness of services | 3f. To what extent has the Better Access initiative improved mental health outcomes for people with a mental disorder? | 2a | |
| 4. Impact on system of mental health care | 4g. To what extent has the Better Access initiative provided interdisciplinary mental health care for people with mental disorders? | 3b | |
| 4. Impact on system of mental health care | 4h. To what extent has the Better Access initiative impacted on the use of medications commonly prescribed for treatment of mental disorders, in particular anti-depressant medication? | - | |
| 4. Impact on system of mental health care | 4i. To what extent has the Better Access initiative impacted on related Medicare Benefits Schedule services? | 1d | |
| 4. Impact on system of mental health care | 4j. To what extent has the Better Access initiative impacted on the supply and distribution of the allied mental health workforce? | 3a | |
| 4. Impact on system of mental health care | 4k. How has the Better Access initiative interacted with other related programs/initiatives, including the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care program and the More Allied Health Services program? | - | |
| 5. Skilled, knowledgeable and integrated workforce | 5l. To what extent has the Better Access initiative education and training increased the:
| 3b | |
| 5. Skilled, knowledgeable and integrated workforce | 5m. To what extent has the Better Access initiative provided access to multidisciplinary education and training for GPs, allied mental health professionals and psychiatrists?
| 3b | |
| 5. Skilled, knowledgeable and integrated workforce | 5n. To what extent have consumers and carers participated in the delivery of education and training activities? | - | |
| 5. Skilled, knowledgeable and integrated workforce | 5o. To what extent has the Better Access initiative changed the practices of GPs, psychiatrists, allied mental health professionals and paediatricians? | 3b | |