Abstract

This article provides information supporting the need for new outcome measures in emergency care. It also addresses the use of outcome measures in emergency care, the impact of emergency care, identification of at-risk groups, new approaches to measuring patient satisfaction, quality of life and cost-effectiveness, and the unique related implications for emergency medicine. [Cairns CB, Garrison HG, Hedges JR, Schriger DL, Valenzuela TD: Development of new methods to assess the outcomes of emergency care. Ann Emerg Med February 1998;31:166-171.]

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