title: Speech-language pathologists: leading the way with outcomes data.
abstract: Diminishing resources and the need to justify cost effectiveness and efficacy of treatment have made it critical to illustrate the value and benefits of providing speech-language pathology services to adults with cognitive, communication, and swallowing disorders. Using the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's National Outcomes Measurement System, this article explains how SLPs demonstrate the worthiness of their treatment to home care patients.
authors.affiliation: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, National Center for Treatment of Effectiveness in Communications Disorders, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. tfrymark@asha.org
authors.forename: Tobi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frymark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016235:American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States