With the support from the Health Care Financing Administration, in 1995 The Council developed a data base of 447 individuals who participated in interviews during accreditation reviews with the Outcome Based Performance Measures at 54 organizations in 16 states throughout the United States. The outcomes and the identified individualized organizational supports that facilitated the outcomes were entered into a data base. In 1997, The Council published the methodology used in the gathering and verification of the data, the factor analysis, and the resulting reformulation of the personal outcomes. Based upon the factor analysis, in 1997, The Council issued a revised edition of the Personal Outcome Measures that contained 25 outcome measures in seven domains. People choose where and with whom they live.
People choose where they work.
People have intimate relationships. People are satisfied with services. People are satisfied with their personal life situations. People have time, space, and opportunity for privacy. People decide when to share personal information.