How to Measure Health Outcomes

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How to Measure Health Outcomes

A Hands-On Guide to Getting Started

Patient safety Personal and public health / health education Health systems and services Popular medicine and health Educational: Health and social care

Author: Kathleen E. Carberry

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Language: English

Published by: Cambridge University Press

Published on: 11th May 2023

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781009240949


Complementing existing literature on measuring health outcomes

This book focuses on simple, practical advice for measuring outcomes in a variety of settings. Written in an engaging conversational tone, readers will learn why measuring health outcomes is necessary in clinical practice and how these measures may vary between people and across care structures.

Content overview

Covering how to identify measurements as well as collect and analyze the data, the chapters lead readers through a series of logical steps to scaling up a measurement program. The workbook style allows readers to record their own notes and thoughts throughout the book, while the list of action steps at the end of chapters are tangible starting points for developing a measurement program of their own.

Focus on outcomes

Explores how to measure and think about outcomes in a way that sees the whole person, not just the medical or behavioral condition they have.

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