"indirect outcome" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is the result of a certain event or action, but not the direct intended result. For example, "The indirect outcome of the strike was a raise in wages for all employees."
The formation of incoherent Σ3 and Σ9 boundaries is verified as the indirect outcome after coherent Σ3 formation.
We didn't set out for them to become advocates, but they turn out to be advocates – it's like an indirect outcome of the training we have.
Hard endpoints were direct clinical events, such as mortality or stroke; intermediate endpoints were indirect outcome measurements that might not necessarily have a direct relationship with the clinical event such as laboratory data or biomarkers; and subjective endpoints are endpoints based on subjective perspectives of investigator or patient, such as quality-of-life questionnaires.
An indirect outcome of accreditation is improving patient satisfaction.
Thereafter, the study evaluates the effect of self-assessment and professional learning as an indirect outcome.
Some of these interactions took place over lunches that were planned ahead but many were also spontaneous and the indirect outcome of the research process.
Thus, rather than assess the degree of indirectness it seems more plausible to analyse the direct and indirect outcomes separately and to produce two separate evidence propositions: taking the previous example further, one for the intervention's effectiveness on osteoporosis in increasing bone mineral density, and another for its effectiveness in preventing hip fracture.
Both BSE and the "pink slime" fiasco are the indirect outcomes of the incessant drive to industrialize livestock farming and meat processing.
(Quality Manager 3) The patient preferences dimension was also found to be of importance, but in a more indirect, outcome-oriented manner than in viewpoint 1.
We did not report on indirect outcomes, such as quality of life, social functioning, academic achievement or patient preference.
The survey recorded self-reported perceptions of the peer-review process; future research should be directed at collecting the direct and indirect outcomes of peer review.
