Outcomes management in neonatal nursing clinical practice.
One approach for evaluating the quality and cost of patient care is through outcomes management. Outcomes management in a neonatal environment will be described within a structure-process-outcome framework. Outcomes will be presented from three perspectives: administrative, economic and clinical. The relevance and implications of outcomes management will be discussed.
Petryshen
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St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Stevens
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D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009864:Ontario; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome