Outcomes measurement and management
By: Suzanne S. Prevost, guest editor.
Contributors: Prevost, Suzanne S.
Series: Nursing clinics of North America -- v. 32, no. 3
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 635
Subjects: Outcome assessment (Medical care); Medical care -- Evaluation; Medical care -- Quality control
Notes: "September 1997."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Challenges in measuring patient outcomes / Ora Lea Strickland; title: Whose outcomes: patients, providers, or payers? / Ruth M. Kleinpell; title: The role of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in improving outcomes of care / Kathleen A. McCormick, Mary A. Cummings, and Chris Kovner; title: The benefits of continuous performance measurement / Deborah M. Nazdam and Mary Nelson; title: Case study: Outcomes management in orthopaedics / Doris Walker, Susan Houston, and Carol LeClair; title: Nurse managed prenatal programs affect outcomes for corporations / Patricia E. Thompson, Billie E. Bitowski, and Pegge L. Bell; title: Nurses at the bedside: influencing outcomes / Janet Lamb-Havard; title: Outcomes research: clues to quality and organizational effectiveness? / Barbara A. Mark, Jeanne Salyer, and Norma Geddes; title: Achieving outcomes through organizational redesign / Ann Strong and Hermina Yarde; title: A focused strategic plan for outcomes evaluation / Jana S. Stonestreet and Suzanne S. Prevost.