This paper reports on a developing approach to measuring social care outcome, designed to reflect outcomes across client groups.
References. 1. Luchette F, Kelly B, Davis K, Johanningman J, et al. Impact of the in-house trauma surgeon on initial patient care, outcome, and cost.
Comprehensive and multifaceted assessment was done in a standardised way, thereby focusing on the process of care rather than health care outcome.
This paper reports the results of a study that used discrete choice experiment (DCE) methodology to estimate quality weights for a of social care outcome measure.
Hospital survival and length of stay are commonly used for the evaluation of intensive care outcome for the young and octogenarian patients (≥ 80 years old).
Enquiries were in 9 domains: diagnostic accuracy, individualized management, referral pathways, patient's education and reassurance, convenience and comfort, patient's satisfaction, equity and efficiency of the headache care, outcome assessment and safety.
Domain H. Outcome assessment is essential in optimal headache care: Outcome assessment, also relevant to evaluation of cost-effectiveness in future health-care plans, required improvement in many of the centres.
We conclude that, while the domains themselves need further work, the approach provides a helpful starting point in the difficult issue of reflecting population preferences for a large number of social care outcome domains.
The Palliative care Outcome Scale (POS) and the Support Team Assessment Schedule (STAS) are two outcome measures used in palliative care settings to assess palliative concerns, needs, and quality of care.
One of the main conclusions of a review study conducted by researchers from John Hopkins University few years ago is that combining patient-centered care principles with health information technology improves overall health care outcome significantly.
A separate analysis on the same data suggested that, because clinical care outcome measures were not highly correlated within facilities, multiple care outcomes should be evaluated [14].
