Speech-language pathologists: leading the way with outcomes data.
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.
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, National Center for Treatment of Effectiveness in Communications Disorders, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. tfrymark@asha.org
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