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Measuring patient outcomes / [edited] by Marie T. Nolan, Victoria Mock.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Outcome assessment (Medical care).
- Medical care--Evaluation.
- Medical care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 223 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Measuring Patient Outcomes' uses the statistical analysis programme SPSS to analyse patient outcomes data and create graphs summarising this data. A series of case studies describing successful patient outcomes projects is included.
- Contents:
- Cover; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Authors; List of Case Study Authors; Part I - The Process of Patient Outcomes Management; Chapter 1 - The Identification of Patient Outcomes; Chapter 2 - Selection of Instruments to Measure Outcomes and Planning for Data Management; Chapter 3 - Creation and Manipulation of SPSS Data Files; Chapter 4 - Overview of Statistical Methods for Measuring Patient Outcomes; Chapter 5 - Persuasive Presentation of Patient Outcomes Graphics; Chapter 6 - Scanning Technology to Automate Data Entry
- Part II - Case Studies in Patient Outcomes ManagementAcute Care; Chapter 7 - Factors Associated with Leg Graft Wound Complications Following Coronary Artery Bypass; Chapter 8 - Evaluation of the Effect of a Critical Pathway for Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft; Chapter 9 - Quality of Life Following the Whipple Procedure; Chapter 10 - Precursors of Patient Seclusion in a Psychiatric Patient Population; Maternal and Child Care; Chapter 11 - Outcomes of Early Hospital Discharge of Women Undergoing Abdominal Hysterectomy
- Chapter 12 - Swimming and Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections in Children with CancerPrimary Care; Chapter 13 - Measurement of Urinary Continence Recovery Following Radical Prostatectomy; Chapter 14 - A Clinical Outcomes Study to Evaluate the Cost-Effectiveness of New Antiemetic Guidelines for the Management of Chemotherapy-Related Nausea and Vomiting; Glossary; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780761915041
- 0761915044
- 9781322420554
- 1322420556
- 9781452264899
- 1452264899
- OCLC:
- 815388442
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