Socio-economic disadvantage and resource distribution for mental health
care; a model proposal and example application for Victoria, Australia
Graham Meadows
Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University
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The attached pre-print (working paper) paper describes an application of
available epidemiological evidence in guiding the adjustment of mental
health resources to areas. Described with an illustrative application in
Victoria, Australia. We have also provided our research data as a
supplementary spreadsheet to showcase our analytic approach (the
spreadsheet cam also easily be adapted to calculate mental health
resource adjustments in other states and territories, or nationally).