Research on measures of changes in patient outcomes, that is, patient health status and satisfaction, resulting from specific medical and health interventions. Attributing changes in outcomes to medical care requires distinguishing the effects of care from the effects of the many other factors that influence patients' health and satisfaction. With the elimination of the physician's fiduciary responsibility to the patient, outcomes data is gaining increasing importance for patient advocacy and consumer protection. Outcomes research will also be used in the future by payers to identify potential partners on the basis of good outcomes.
Studies that measure patients' clinical improvements against cost factors.
Studies that evaluate the effect of a given product, procedure, or medical technology on health or costs. Outcomes research information is vital to the development of practice guidelines.
Evaluation that focuses on 1) the status of participants after receiving care and on 2) the process of care itself
research into the value of medical treatments to society, providers, and patients, as measured by clinical, economic, and humanistic parameters
evaluates the impact of health care on the health outcomes of patients and populations. It may also include evaluation of economic impacts linked to health outcomes, such as cost effectiveness and cost utility. Outcomes research emphasizes health problem- (or disease-) oriented evaluations of care delivered in general, real-world settings; multidisciplinary teams; and a wide range of outcomes, including mortality, morbidity, functional status, mental well-being, and other aspects of health-related quality of life. It may entail any in a range of primary data collection methods and synthesis methods that combine data from primary studies. value: in hypothesis testing, the probability that an observed difference between the intervention and control groups is due to chance alone if the null hypothesis is true. If is less than the a-level (typically 0.01 or 0.05) chosen prior to the study, then the null hypothesis is rejected.
Formal studies measuring changes in consumers' status resulting from specific interventions; such studies require careful methodologies to distinguish the effects of care from the effects of the many other factors that influence patients' health and satisfaction.
A type of research increasingly used by the health industry which provides information about how a specific procedure or treatment regimen results: the subject (clinical safety and efficacy), the subject's physical functioning and lifestyle, and economic considerations such as saving/prolonging life and avoiding costly complications. Pp
Studies that measure the effects of care or services.
