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Health outcomes research refers to the entire evaluation of all health professionals’ and health researchers’ efforts in ameliorating patients’ health conditions, in relation to various dimensions of health. Furthermore, it refers to the work not only of health professionals but of health-related organizations and their policies as a whole as well. Thus, in contrast to research on the effectiveness of specific medical or health interventions on specific health indices (e.g., blood pressure, survival), health outcomes research is a broader concept, both on the side of the intervention agents and on the side of the outcomes. Health outcomes research thus can guide health policy makers, health economists, as well as specific types of health professionals and clinicians.
The setting or context of health outcomes research includes clinics, hospitals, patients’ homes, or even entire regions. The typical measures used in health outcomes research are also broader than those commonly...
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Gidron, Y. (2016). Health Outcomes Research. In: Gellman, M., Turner, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_1412-2
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