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Understanding Health Care Outcomes Research, 2nd Edition
Robert Kane, MD

Softcover: 404 pages
ISBN 0763734411
9780763734411
Jones & Bartlett
Copyright 2006
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This remarkable volume is the first book on outcomes research. 

It's a resource no quality-minded health care professional should be without. Inside - explained in laymen's terms - is everything you need to plan and execute outcomes studies that provide a clear, accurate picture of what's working and what's not. Both practical and applied, this book makes sense of the new science of studying health care outcomes - a vital process in health care quality assurance. You may view the following excerpts from the 2nd Edition here:

Understanding Health Care Outcomes Research gives readers a wealth of expert advice on the basic framework needed to conduct any type of outcomes research, formulating the model, choosing the study design, developing meaningful measures, gathering data, assessing and presenting results, and more! Topics covered include:

  • Approaching the Outcomes Question

  • Outcomes Measures

  • Risk Adjustment

  • Technical and Practical Issues

It is a ground-breaking book and pioneer text. Chapters include:

  • Designing an Outcomes Research Study

  • Isolating the Effects of Treatment

  • Measurement

  • Generic Measures

  • Condition-specific Measures

  • Satisfaction with Care

  • Severity and Comorbidity

  • Demographic, Psychological and Social

  • Capturing the Effects of Treatment

  • Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness

  • Implementing Outcomes Research in Clinical Settings

  • Practical Advice about Outcomes Research
    Index

The second edition includes new chapters on confounders, research design, and working within clinical settings. All chapters have been updated. Understanding Health Care Outcomes Research, Second Edition includes more attention to larger interventions that include population level changes.

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