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Outcome measurement and service evaluation — a note on research design
Author(s)	Martin Dempster, Michael Donnelly
Journal title	British Journal of Social Work, vol 32, no 3, April 2002
Pages	pp 375-378
Keywords	Domiciliary services ; Performance ; Discharged patients ; Quality of life ; Evaluation.
Annotation	The purpose of this research note is to demonstrate how an individualised quality of life instrument - the Patient Generated Index (PGI) - could be adapted to provide a more accurate estimate of the impact of a social service on a person's quality of life. An increase in quality of life between the start and end of service is often taken as an indication that the service had a positive impact on quality of life. The modifications to the quality of life instrument suggested in this paper show that this assumption is not always accurate and should be questioned directly. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030228002 A
Classmark	N: 5H: LFD: F:59: 4C
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