Revista Gestão & Saúde (Feb 2014)
A LITERATURE REVIEW OF ASSESSMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH, FROM THE BRAZILIAN VIRTUAL LIBRARY IN HEALTH ECONOMICS: RESULTS AND CHALLENGES.
Abstract
This article presents a literature review of the literature on evaluation of mental health services from BVS ECO, without limited timeline. Design and Methods: A systematic review of texts in Spanish, Portuguese and English. It used certain preliminary criteria for inclusion and exclusion to identify relevant studies, using descriptors: evaluation, mental health evaluation/ assessment. Results: There were 48 articles of which 21 were excluded. The main theme of the publications was the verification of costs versus service complexity, and among the most recent publications, based on the type of treatment of psychological disorders. Conclusions: As a facilitator of research in Health Economics, BVS ECO should allow access to the full text and it is urgently to review the classification and inclusion of publications in the Base about evaluations inquiries. In terms of production, there is a tendency of articles over time, with detailing methodologies and objectives of border between health assessment and health economic evaluation.
