Measuring Patient Outcomes

Uses the statistical analysis programme SPSS to analyze patient outcomes data and create graphs summarizing this data. One of the most sought-after topics at the recent regional nursing research conference was outcomes measurement and research. Authors, Marie T. Nolan and Victoria Mock give a basic introduction to patient outcomes measurement. Measuring Patient Outcomes book is divided into two sections: the first section provides an overview of the patient outcomes measurement process (identification of outcomes, use of an SPSS data file, common statistical methods for measuring outcomes, data entry, presentation of outcomes); and the second comprises a variety of case examples of patient outcomes measurement.