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A systems analysis of a campus community mental health facility: A preliminary investigation
Author(s) -
O'Neil Harold F.,
Richardson Frank C.,
Carver Donald,
Iscoe Ira
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf01312593
Subject(s) - health psychology , mental health , cost analysis , cost effectiveness analysis , public health , systems analysis , psychology , applied psychology , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , business , medicine , operations research , engineering , cost effectiveness , nursing , psychiatry , software engineering
Faced with increasing demand and relatively static resources, community mental health facilities need to evaluate their functions in terms of time, cost, and performance effectiveness. For this study, the technology of systems analysis was applied to the functions of a progressive university counseling center. The systems analysis provided a management and information flow analysis and a time and cost analysis, as well as a performance analysis. This study focused on the preliminary results of the time, cost, and performance analysis.