title: Outcomes research: an interdisciplinary perspective.
abstract: Outcomes achieved by healthcare providers are a function of patient clinical and demographic characteristics, baseline health status, delivered treatments and interventions, and setting characteristics. This article describes a prospective, interdisciplinary study of the outcomes of selected surgeries using both generic and condition-specific data collection instruments. The results of several different analyses are discussed, which illustrate the usefulness of such an effort for patients, nurses and physicians, the institution, and the respective disciplines in general.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, UCHSC, Denver, CO 80262, USA. katherine.jones@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: Katherine R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Burney
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000592:standards; D003625:Data Collection; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016105:Parathyroidectomy / Q000592:standards; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012107:Research Design; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires