title: Evaluating the quality of home care services using patient outcome data.
abstract: Home healthcare nurses increasingly must be focused on the outcomes of patient care. As home care is called on to deliver more services in fewer visits, it is important that clinical staff understand the concepts and apply them to patient situations. This article helps the home care nurse to understand the frameworks being used throughout the country in evaluating patient outcomes and how one agency used this framework to evaluate care.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dugan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014600:Utilization Review