title: Outcomes research: science and action.
abstract: Outcomes research, which investigates the outcomes of health care practices, is intended to provide scientific evidence for clinical decision making and health care. This paper elucidates the goal and domains of outcomes research. Also it shows the potential and promise of outcomes research to provide a methodology to uncover what to do and how to do it, and enable the health care profession to achieve the right care, for the right patient, at the right time, the first time, every time, nothing more, and nothing less.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. ting.henry@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Henry H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ting
authors.forename: Mei-xiang
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Jian-an
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States
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