INTRODUCTION
Until recently, mortality rates were the only indicators of success available to intensivists.The long-term physiological and psychological effects of both the disease and intensive therapy were not included in the measurement of effectiveness
of services provided. However, within the last 10 years, measurements of outcome
influenced by quality of life (QOL) have been considered important in evaluating economies,human costs and benefits (Patrick et al 1988).As patients are also influenced by their ability to fulfil their own expectations, their perceptions
are crucial in determining both the use and impact of health and medical services (Hopkins1992). The measurement of outcomes tends to be judged in medical terms, with little consideration of the implications for the patient and relatives and future practice. Most follow-up studies have utilised self-completed questionnaires,
which have been suggested as being no more than a system which forces patients to
express themselves in the language and classifications of the economist (Hopkins 1992). In this study the patients were interviewed in their own homes, thereby allowing them, and their relatives, freedom of expression within their
own environment.
INTRODUCTIONUntil recently, mortality rates were the only indicators of success available to intensivists.The long-term physiological and psychological effects of both the disease and intensive therapy were not included in the measurement of effectivenessof services provided. However, within the last 10 years, measurements of outcomeinfluenced by quality of life (QOL) have been considered important in evaluating economies,human costs and benefits (Patrick et al 1988).As patients are also influenced by their ability to fulfil their own expectations, their perceptionsare crucial in determining both the use and impact of health and medical services (Hopkins1992). The measurement of outcomes tends to be judged in medical terms, with little consideration of the implications for the patient and relatives and future practice. Most follow-up studies have utilised self-completed questionnaires,which have been suggested as being no more than a system which forces patients toexpress themselves in the language and classifications of the economist (Hopkins 1992). In this study the patients were interviewed in their own homes, thereby allowing them, and their relatives, freedom of expression within theirown environment.
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INTRODUCTION
Until recently, mortality rates were the only indicators of success available to intensivists.The long-term physiological and psychological effects of both the disease and intensive therapy were not included in the measurement of effectiveness
of services provided. However, within the last 10 years, measurements of outcome
influenced by quality of life (QOL) have been considered important in evaluating economies,human costs and benefits (Patrick et al 1988).As patients are also influenced by their ability to fulfil their own expectations, their perceptions
are crucial in determining both the use and impact of health and medical services (Hopkins1992). The measurement of outcomes tends to be judged in medical terms, with little consideration of the implications for the patient and relatives and future practice. Most follow-up studies have utilised self-completed questionnaires,
which have been suggested as being no more than a system which forces patients to
express themselves in the language and classifications of the economist (Hopkins 1992). In this study the patients were interviewed in their own homes, thereby allowing them, and their relatives, freedom of expression within their
own environment.
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