In modern outcomes research, the emphasis is broadened to encompass measures of outcome other than survival alone.
A lack of validated measures of outcome and uncertainty regarding the appropriate disease states in which to test these agents have led to difficulty in trial design.
The mRS and GOS provide summary measures of outcome and might be most relevant to clinicians and patients considering early intervention.
As measures of outcome, we focused on self-reported disability as the primary outcome, but we also investigated assessed psychological outcomes.
"Set up a bonus fund that goes to M.D.'s who follow guidelines or have the best measures of outcome". Similarly, Medicare could pay more for operations that are clearly indicated, less for procedures (or drugs) that seem discretionary.
Compared with whites, African Americans scored higher on measures of outcome; Hispanics scored lower on 7 of the 9 Baby-MONITOR subcomponents.Significant racial and/or ethnic variation in quality of care exists between and within NICUs.
This increased activity has coincided with a recognition that pragmatic measures of outcome such as those that tap into impairment and health related quality of life (HRQOL) have the potential to add considerably to the traditional symptom based measures of outcome.
OMERACT endorsement of measures of outcome for studies of acute gout.
In settings where so-called standard therapy is not feasible, specific trials for older patients with cancer might be required, integrating meaningful measures of outcome.
The two cohorts treated with different surgical and anesthesiology protocols obtained significantly different results for the parameters considered as measures of outcome.
The analysis considered two measures of outcome.
