Therapy outcome measures: Where are we now?

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-42

  John, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benchmarking; language delay; language disorder; outcomes; Speech language pathology; therapy outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SPEECH DISORDER; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BENCHMARKING; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951933586     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2010.497562     Document Type: Article

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