Research fundamentals: Selection and development of clinical outcome measures

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 397-401

  Singer, Adam J ^a,c   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Outcome measures; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034036016     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02249.x     Document Type: Article

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