Home Health Outcomes and Resource Utilization: Integrating Today's Critical Priorities
- ISBN-10
- 0887377246
- ISBN-13
- 9780887377242
- Category
- Health maintenance organizations
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Authors
- Carolyn E. Adams, Ann Anthony
Description
Measuring patient outcomes has never been more complex or more essential. This is the first publication of its kind to present expert guidance and advice for use in all home health settings. Topics include: importance of appropriate data collection, how to analyze patient outcomes, a comparison of various outcome measures used in home health, monitoring patient satisfaction and quality care, and much more.
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