6) Ch4: Consumers of Outcome Data

Question 1

What are clinical settings interested in?

Answer 1

Outcome data that reflects the broader issues of service delivery such as intervention effectiveness across settings, cost of services, and pt satisfaction.

Question 2

Family

Answer 2

May ask different questions than the pt

Question 3

Health Care Agencies

Answer 3

Make management and payment policies based on outcome data

• 5 Steps:

1. Issue Identification
2. Evaluation
3. Medical Assessment
4. Coverage Policy Formulation
5. Dissemination of the Policy to claims-processing and utilization review centers

Question 4

What are special interest groups interested in?

Answer 4

Trends in intervention outcomes

• Outcome data based on larger samples of pt’s w/similar dx’s or disability levels

Question 5

Government

Answer 5

Set policies at all levels that directly affect the provision of health care

Question 6

What do service providers use outcome data for?

Answer 6

• Describe clinician effectiveness
• Advocate for pt management strategies
• Compare results w/other clinicians
• Reflect on practice trends.

Question 7

What does business/industry do?

Answer 7

Support the provision of health care in a number of ways including producing equipment, support services, software, transportation, educational services, books, journals, etc