Outcomes Research
Definition of Outcomes Research
“Outcomes research focuses on the end results of the care provided to the health care clients and is defined as any research linking the process of improving care delivery, patient outcomes and organizational performance.”
P.E. Windle
Why Outcome Research is Important?
1. It provides both clinicians and patients with evidence on benefits, risks and results of treatments for decisions making.
2. It provides management the information needed to improve the quality and value of care.
3. It improves the knowledge base of medicine by providing evidence on the outcomes of clinical treatment.
Measures of Interest
Clinicians have traditionally used biomedical measures, such as the results of laboratory tests, to determine the success of an intervention. This approach however misses outcomes that matter most to patients. Outcomes research also measures how people function and their experiences with care. The outcomes can be generic, condition-specific or satisfaction with care. An example of a tool for measurement commonly used is the SF-36 for health-related quality of life.
SF-36 Normative Value Calculator
In collaboration with A/P Julian Thumboo (SGH), our centre has developed a calculator, which estimates the SF-36 normative values for any cohort of interest in Singapore. This calculator is able to compute these normative values with adjustment for age, gender and ethnicity. Please click on the link below to find out more:
Calculator to obtain SF-36 Scores for Local Population
Research Projects:
- Rehabilitative Outcomes and Quality of Life in Haemodialysis Patients in Singapore
- Public Survey on Perceptions of Healthcare in Singapore
- Secondary Analysis of MOH Patient Satisfaction Survey 2006
- Admission of Oncology Patients Intended for ‘Best Supportive Care’ to Acute Hospital
- Effectiveness of case management services for older people in the community after hospital discharge
- Healthcare workers in Singapore have lower health-related quality of life scores compared to the general population
- Assessment of Health Literacy in general public
- (Pilot Study) Retrospective study of discharges within 24 and 48 hours of patients admitted from Emergency Department
- Clustering Inpatients: Satisfied Patients Vs Dissatisfied Patients
- Appropriateness of Referrals for Specialist Diabetes Care
- Assessing Health Literacy Levels in Singapore: A Pilot Study in a Public Hospital
- Two-Year Outcomes of Total Hip Replacement Surgery
- Chronic Disease and Employment: A Survey of Patients on Medifund Assistance
- Identifying Patient and Referral Characteristics for Improving Right-siting of Care for Rheumatology Patients
- Subsidised Patients Are Less Satisfied With Specialist Outpatient Services
- Renal Shared Care For Early Chronic Kidney Disease Patients - Challenges And Opportunities
- Antecedents Of Patient Satisfaction With Public Healthcare Institutions In Singapore
- Consequences of 'Right-Siting' of Endocrinology Patients - A Financial and case load simulation
- Post 65 Years - Is There A Generation Gap in the Helathcare Perceptions and Expectation?
- Public Perception of the Factors that Constitute a Good Healthcare System
- Validty & Reliability of KDQOL-SF: A Dialysis Targeted Health Measure in Singapore
- Smoking Cessation: Barriers, Motivators and The Sole of Physicians
- Boys Are More Likely to be Over-Weight than Girls: Survey of Year 2 Junior College Students
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