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The following studies have used ESMS/DESDE to analyse service provision in local health districts and geographic regions.
Fernandez A, Smith-Merry J, Gillespie J, Feng X, Astell-Burt T, Maas C, Salvador-Carulla L. The Integrated Mental Health Atlas of Western Sydney Local Health District: Gaps and Recommendations. Aust Health Rev. 2017 Mar;41(1):38-44.
Furst MA, Salinas-Perez JA, Gutiérrez-Colosia MR, Salvador-Carulla L. A new bottom-up method for the standard analysis and comparison of workforce capacity in mental healthcare planning: Demonstration study in the Australian Capital Territory. PloS One. 2021;16(7):e0255350.
Furst MA, Salinas-Perez JA, Salvador-Carulla L. Organisational impact of the National Disability Insurance Scheme transition on mental health care providers:the experience in the Australian Capital Territory. Australas Psychiatry. 2018 Dec;26(6):590-594. :
Salinas-Perez JA, Ruiz Gutiérrez-ColosÃa M, Garcia-Alonso C, Furst M, Tabatabaei Jafari H, Kalseth J, et al. Patterns of mental healthcare provision in rural areas: A demonstration study in Australia and Europe. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 1;14:993197.
Salvador-Carulla L, Furst MA, Tabatabaei-Jafari H, Mendoza J, Riordan D, Moore E, Rock D, Anthes L, Bagheri N, Salinas-Perez JA. Patterns of service provision in child and adolescent mental health care in Australia. J Child Health Care. 2022 Dec 20:13674935221146381. doi: 10.1177/13674935221146381. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36538047.
Spijker BA van, Salinas-Perez JA, Mendoza J, Bell T, Bagheri N, Furst MA, Reynolds J, Rock D, Harvey A, Rosen A, Salvador-Carulla L. Service availability and capacity in rural mental health in Australia: Analysing gaps using an Integrated Mental Health Atlas. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2019 Oct;53(10):1000-1012.
Tabatabaei-Jafari H, Bagheri N, Lueck C, Furst MA, Salinas-Perez JA, Salvador-Carulla L. Standardized Systematic Description of Provision of Care for Multiple Sclerosis at a Local Level: A Demonstration Study. Int J MS Care [Internet]. 2022 Dec 13 [cited 2023 Feb 9]; Available from: https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2022-014
Tabatabaei-Jafari H, Salinas-Perez JA, Furst MA, Bagheri N, Mendoza J, Burke D, et al. Patterns of Service Provision in Older People’s Mental Health Care in Australia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 17;17(22):8516.
Cetrano G, Salvador-Carulla L, Tedeschi F, Rabbi L, Gutiérrez-ColosÃa MR, Gonzalez-Caballero JL, Park AL, McDaid D, Sfetcu R, Kalseth J, Kalseth B, Hope Ø, Brunn M, Chevreul K, Straßmayr C, Hagmair G, Wahlbeck K, Amaddeo F; REFINEMENT group. The balance of adult mental health care: provision of core health versus other types of care in eight European countries. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2018 Jan 25;16(3). pii: E332. doi:
Gutiérrez-ColosÃa MR, Salvador-Carulla L, Salinas-Pérez JA, GarcÃa-Alonso CR, Cid J, Salazzari D, Montagni I, Tedeschi F, Cetrano G, Chevreul K, Kalseth J, Hagmair G, Straßmay C, Park AL, Sfectu R, Ala-Nikkola T, González-Caballero JL, Rabbi L, Kalseth B, Amaddeo F; REFINEMENT Group. Standard comparison of local mental health care systems in eight European countries. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2019, Apr;28(2):210-223.
Sadeniemi M, Almeda N, Salinas-Pérez JA, Gutiérrez-ColosÃa MR, GarcÃa-Alonso C, Ala-Nikkola T, Joffe G, Pirkola S, Wahlbeck K, Cid J, Salvador-Carulla L. A Comparison of Mental Health Care Systems in Northern and Southern Europe: A Service Mapping Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 May 31;15(6). pii: E1133.
Fernandez A, Salinas-Perez JA, Gutierrez-Colosia MR, Prat-Pubill B, Serrano-Blanco A, Molina C, Jorda E, Garcia-Alonso CR, Salvador-Carulla L. Use of an integrated Atlas of Mental Health Care for evidence informed policy in Catalonia (Spain). Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2015;24(6):512-24.
Sabes-Figuera R, Knapp M, Bendeck M, Mompart-Penina A, Salvador-Carulla L. The local burden of emotional disorders. An analysis based on a large health survey in Catalonia (Spain). Gac Sanit. 2012;26(1):24-9. doi:
Salvador-Carulla L, Haro JM, Cabasés J, Madoz V, Sacristán JA, Vázquez-Barquero JL. Service utilization and costs of first-onset schizophrenia in two widely differing health service areas in North-East Spain. PSICOST Group. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1999;100(5):335-343. doi
Tibaldi G, Munizza C, Pasian S, Johnson S, Salvador-Carulla L, Zucchi S, et al. Indicators predicting use of mental health services in Piedmont, Italy. J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2005, 8(2):95-106.
Salvador-Carulla L, Tibaldi G, Johnson S, Scala E, Romero C, Munizza C. Patterns of mental health service utilisation in Italy and Spain--an investigation using the European Service Mapping Schedule. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2005;40(2):149-159. doi:
Salinas-Perez JA, Salvador-Carulla L, Saldivia S, Grandon P, Minoletti A, Romero Lopez-Alberca C. Integrated mapping of local mental health systems in Central Chile. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2018;42:e144.
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