Book chapter
Effectiveness of Care
The Patient and Health Care System: Perspectives on High-Quality Care, pp.123-135
Springer International Publishing
2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46567-4_10
Abstract
Effectiveness is providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit and refraining from providing services to those not likely to benefit (avoiding underuse and overuse, respectively). At their core, health care organizations across the continuum aim to provide effective care. Examination of mission statements from any clinic, hospital, or research institution will quickly affirm this. Whether the intervention is a drug, therapy, device, diagnostic test, preventative service, or watchful waiting, the aim is to produce better outcomes for our patients. In this chapter, we will explore how the evidence for effective care is generated and perceived, the efficacy to effectiveness (E-e) gradient, how the E-e gradient is being addressed in science, and future directions in effectiveness as a dimension of quality.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effectiveness of Care
- Creators
- Stephen J. Harder - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterEugene S. Chu - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Contributors
- Pranavi V. Sreeramoju (Editor)Stephen G. Weber (Editor)Alexis A. Snyder (Editor)Lynne M. Kirk (Editor)William G. Reed (Editor)Beverly A. Hardy-Decuir (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Patient and Health Care System: Perspectives on High-Quality Care, pp.123-135
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-46567-4_10
- Number of pages
- 13
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2020
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984771645102771
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