Outcomes measurement: compliance tool or strategic initiative?

Health Care Manage Rev. 1991 Fall;16(4):21-33. doi: 10.1097/00004010-199101640-00005.

Abstract

This article explores how hospitals are using outcomes measurement to deal with their changing environment. Based on interviews at thirty-one hospitals, the study reveals three very different management approaches and three different uses of the same outcomes measurement tool.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Decision Making, Organizational
  • Hospital Administration / standards*
  • Humans
  • Leadership*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Patient Admission
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Software
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United States