title: Outcomes in perioperative medicine and anesthesiology. Into the next millennium.
abstract: Although the development of outcomes research in perioperative medicine and anesthesiology has focused on traditional clinical outcomes, there seems to be a transition toward more global assessments of patient-related outcomes. Present trends in outcomes research and EBM may promise an improvement in individual patient and overall quality of care. New roles and opportunities in perioperative medicine and anesthesiology provide additional venues for outcomes research in this millennium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Fleisher
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000639:trends; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000639:trends; D011787:Quality of Health Care