Examples of Health Outcomes
A wide variety of outcomes are measured ranging from interventions such as acute clinical events like mortality to measuring the performance of a system. The goal of outcomes research, according to Donabedian, is not only to measure tangible events experienced by the patient such as mortality and morbidity. It should incorporate of the broader definition of health and include how a patient feels as well as his awareness of risk factors.
The common outcomes that are measured can be divided into broad categories of patient and system related. Patient outcomes are experienced by the patient and have a more proximal relationship with the healthcare intervention. System measures are more distal to the patient experience but are important for assessment of quality of care and influence the patient experience as well.
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