Cairnes C B, Garrison H G, Hedges J R, Schriger D L, Valenzuela T D
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Colorado Emergency Medicine Research Center, Denver, USA.
Ann Emerg Med. 1998 Feb;31(2):166-71.
This article provides information supporting the need for new outcome measures in emergency care. It also addresses the use of outcome measures in emergency care, the impact of emergency care, identification of at-risk groups, new approaches to measuring patient satisfaction, quality of life and cost-effectiveness, and the unique related implications for emergency medicine.