health measurement development and interpretation 13.1 what is an outcome measure, and why measure health outcomes?Outcome measures help clinicians assess the risks and benefits of treatment in relation to a multi-faceted definition of health. While surrogate outcomes, including performance-based tests, ...
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you can hardly go anywhere in healthcare today without politics getting added to the mix. In the wake of Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election, you have observers and stakeholdersasking of the Affordable Care Act (ACA):is it working?
The development of outcome measures is now seen as crucial within the National Health Service (NHS), and the outcome of aphasia therapy is an area which has for some years been under particular scrutiny. Many districts have developed their own measures and others have taken part in cross-...
The main theoretical moderator in this meta-analysis was the type of outcome measure. For arousal-decreasing activities, there was no considerable difference between anger, aggression, and hostility measures. Decreasing arousal was effective across the board, even when participants were provoked. In rec...
Composite Measures Opportunity Weighted Opportunity Weighted Sum of numerators / sum of denominators across all measures in the set; with each applicable measure per patient representing an opportunity. Sum of numerators / sum of denominators across all measures in the set; with each applicable measur...
PERSPECTIVE What Is Value in Health Care? Determining the group of relevant outcomes to measure for any medical condition (or patient population in the context of primary care) should follow several principles. Outcomes should include the health circumstances most relevant to patients. They should ...
What precisely triggered off yesterday's riot is still unclear... 究竟是什么引发了昨天的骚乱还不清楚。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 What I wanted, more than anything, was a few days' rest... 我最想要的就是能休息几天。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 She had been in what doctors described as an irreversible ve...
Like any health care system, data health involves monitoring and intervention across the entire life cycle. Organization-wide data health is only possible when an organization combines three key elements: Data agilityto quickly deliver data to those who need it. Agility requires a flexible, scalable...
Another method of measuring externalities is the cost of control method. Instead of fixing the externality, economists measure what preemptive and preventative steps can be taken to stop the externality from occurring. Similar to how an actuary assesses a financial value to an event, economists may...