Effectiveness and Outcomes in Health Care

Proceedings of an Invitational Conference

Éditeur: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309078825
eISBN Pdf: 9780309543637
Lieu de publication: United States
Année de publication électronique: 1990
Mois : Janvier
Pages: 246
Langue: Anglais

Cover
Front Matter
Part I: Introduction, 1 Genesis of the Effectiveness Initiative and IOM
2 Promise and Limitations of Effectiveness and Outcomes Research
Part II: Overview, 3 Research on the Effectiveness of Medical Treatment: New Challenges and Opportunities
4 The Health Care Financing Administration and the Effectiveness Initiative
5 The Effectiveness Initiative: Retrospective and Prospects
6 The Social Perspective
7 The Clinical Perspective
8 The Legislative Perspective
Part III: The IOM Clinical Condition Workshops, 9 Breast Cancer
10 Hip Fracture
11 Claims Data and Effectiveness: Acute Myocardial Infarction and Other Examples
Part IV: Methodological Issues and Work in Progress, 12 The Role of Large Data Bases in Effectiveness Research
13 Administrative Data in Effectiveness Studies: The Prostatectomy Assessment
14 Issues in the Use of Large Data Bases for Effectiveness Research
15 Measuring Patient Function and Well-Being: Some Lessons from the Medical Outcomes Study
16 The Uniform Clinical Data Set
17 Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes
18 Using Patient Reports of Outcomes to Assess Effectiveness of Medical Care
19 Studying Outcomes for Patients with Depression: Initial Findings from the Medical Outcomes Study
20 Effectiveness Research and Changing Physician Practice Patterns
21 Applying Effectiveness and Outcomes Research to Clinical Practice
22 An Attempt to Manage Variation in Obstetrical Practice
23 Using Outcome Measures to Improve Care Delivered by Physicians and Hospitals
Part V: Where Do We Go From Here?, 24 The Need for Reasonable Expectations
25 Use of Effectiveness Research in Managed Care Plans
26 Gaining Acceptance for Effectiveness and Outcomes Research
List of Authors