Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-rdxmf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-28T13:21:18.395Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Assessment of Medical Outcomes: New Opportunities for Achieving a Long Sought-After Objective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

J. Sanford Schwart  and
Nicole Lurie
J. Sanford Schwart
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Nicole Lurie
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Health outcome assessment may be used for a variety of purposes: to evaluate the effectiveness of medical practices: to assess the quality of services provided; to educate providers, purchasers, and users of health services about the sequelae of treated and untreated disease; to guide reimbursement and regulatory policy; and to characterize the health status of a population. This article focuses on the use of health outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of medical practices and to assess the quality of services provided.

Type
General Essays
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , January 1990 , pp. 333 - 339
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)