title: Evidence-based quality measurement.
abstract: There is a strong need to provide scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of specific health care interventions. Guidelines alone are unlikely to persuade physicians to modify their practice styles, unless research evidence having a motivational impact is also provided. Process-outcome parameters provide a solution for linking the process and outcome of health care and incorporate potentially motivating research evidence.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Boren
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Balas
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014481:United States