Person

Sian McLean

Affiliation:

La Trobe University

Alternate Name:

Siân A. McLean

ORCID:

0000-0002-4273-2037

Evaluation

Evaluation of the Eating Disorders Medicare Benefit Schedule items

11 Oct 2024

Sian McLean,

Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz,

Peter Butterworth

Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Phillipa Hay, Genevieve Pepin, Tracey Wade, Long Khanh, Dao Le, Deborah Mitchison, Susan Hart, Jaclyn Broadbent, Linda Byrne, Hannah Jarman, Alexandra Aulich, Jeanette Chan, Miranda Chilver, Caitlin Clague, Georgia Craigie, Brooke Donnelly, Jacqui Edwards, Natasha Hall, Catherine Johnson, Lyndal Kilgannon, Claudia Liu, Courtney McLean, Alemayehu Mekonnen, Madelon North, Rebecca Sheils, Andrew Tan

Western Sydney University

This process and outcome evaluation of the Eating Disorders Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items aimed to understand if it is meeting the needs of those delivering and receiving the services. It found people who had received treatment reported significantly lower levels of eating disorder symptoms after treatment. Wholesale retention of the current items is recommended.