Objective REFINEMENT will conduct the first ever comparative and comprehensive overview of links between the financing of mental health care in Europe and the outcomes of mental health services. Mental health is a key priority area for Europe, as evidenced by the publication by the European Commission in June 2008 of its European Pact on Mental Health and Wellbeing. Conducted across nine European Countries (Italy, Austria, UK, Spain, Finland, Norway, France, Estonia and Romania) it will bring together an experienced team of health economists, mental health service researchers, public health specialists and cover, in term of funding models and interfaces with social care services, a representative range of health care systems across Europe.Four core scientific objectives of REFINEMENT will help us attain our overarching goal of determining how variations in the structure and characteristics of mental health financing systems in nine European states: (1) impact on quality of care; (2) impact on the appropriateness of pathways through the services system; (3) help identify best practice and effective innovations and components of the financing system; and (4) allow us to draw conclusions and present recommendations on how best to structure funding systems in different country contexts. The first objective is to map and describe characteristics (including incentives) of financing systems for mental health care. In objective 2 using detailed descriptions of nine mental health systems, we wish to describe the outcomes of mental health services, including quality of care and met/unmet needs. Objective 3 will describe typical pathways through the health and social care system by people with mental health needs. Finally objective 4 is to build a series of health care financing models conducive to the promotion of high quality mental health care associated with better outcomes, drawing on data obtained as part of the three previous objectives. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic health Programme(s) FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health Topic(s) HEALTH.2010.3.2-1 - Financing systems' effect on quality of healthcare. FP7-HEALTH-2010-single-stage Call for proposal FP7-HEALTH-2010-single-stage See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA Address Via dell artigliere 8 37129 Verona Italy See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Susanna Montalto (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 889 974,19 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LUDWIG BOLTZMANN GESELLSCHAFT OSTERREICHISCHE VEREINIGUNG ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN FORSCHUNG Austria EU contribution € 448 700,00 Address Nussdorfer strasse 64/6 1090 Wien See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Heinz Katschnig (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE GB EU contribution € 444 189,20 Address Houghton street 1 WC2A 2AE London See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Anji Mehta (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS Finland EU contribution € 249 440,25 Address Mannerheimintie 166 00271 Helsinki See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Jaakko Penttinen Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ASOCIACION CIENTIFCA PSICOST Spain EU contribution € 241 317,60 Address Campus de dos hermanas avenida de las universidades 41704 Dos hermanas See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Paula Llull Llobera (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window STIFTELSEN SINTEF Norway EU contribution € 390 136,50 Address Strindveien 4 7034 Trondheim See on map Activity type Research Organisations projects.administrative_contact Solfrid Sørensen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TARTU ULIKOOL Participation ended Estonia EU contribution € 69 065,81 Address Ulikooli 18 51005 Tartu See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Kadri Raav (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITE PARIS XII VAL DE MARNE France EU contribution € 139 292,00 Address Avenue du general de gaulle 61 94010 Creteil See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Nicolas Vautrin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ROMANIAN ACADEMY NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH Romania EU contribution € 127 080,00 Address 13 calea 13 septembrie 050711 Bucharest See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Carmen Beatrice Pauna (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
