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Science 9 October 1998:
Vol. 282. no. 5387, pp. 245 - 246
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5387.245
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Policy Forum

HEALTH CARE POLICY:
Outcomes Research: Measuring the End Results of Health Care

Carolyn M. Clancy and John M. Eisenberg

Only by collecting and analyzing health outcomes data will it be possible to judge the overall quality of care for the nation. In the next decade, increased inclusion of outcomes measures in daily practice will facilitate expansion of the metrics by which patients and clinicians evaluate the success of health care. Close correspondence between research and the needs of decision-makers will be needed to ensure that health care services are used effectively.

C. M. Clancy is director of the Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and J. M. Eisenberg is administrator of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research or of HHS.

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