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Development of new methods to assess the outcomes of emergency care
C B Cairnes1, H G Garrison, J R Hedges
1University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Colorado Emergency Medicine Research Center, Denver, USA. Charles.Cairns@uchsc.edu
Annals of Emergency Medicine
|February 24, 1998
Abstract:
This article provides information supporting the need for new outcome measures in emergency care. It also addresses the use of outcome measures in emergency care, the impact of emergency care, identification of at-risk groups, new approaches to measuring patient satisfaction, quality of life and cost-effectiveness, and the unique related implications for emergency medicine.