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Measuring patient outcomes / [edited] by Marie T. Nolan, Victoria Mock.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Mock, Victoria.
Nolan, Marie T.
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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