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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology)  2013, Vol. 14 Issue (8): 659-663    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.BQICC705
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Outcomes research: science and action
Henry H. Ting, Mei-xiang Xiang, Jian-an Wang
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA; Cardiovascular Key Lab of Zhejiang Province, Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China
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Abstract  Outcomes research, which investigates the outcomes of health care practices, is intended to provide scientific evidence for clinical decision making and health care. This paper elucidates the goal and domains of outcomes research. Also it shows the potential and promise of outcomes research to provide a methodology to uncover what to do and how to do it, and enable the health care profession to achieve the right care, for the right patient, at the right time, the first time, every time, nothing more, and nothing less.

Key words： Outcomes research      Clinical decision      Health care     
Received: 17 June 2013      Published: 30 July 2013
CLC:  R541.4  
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Henry H. Ting, Mei-xiang Xiang, Jian-an Wang. Outcomes research: science and action. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 2013, 14(8): 659-663.

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