Table 3

Methods used to collect outcomes for the different outcome measure categories


Measure Category


Method
Measures of Patient Change
Surrogate Measures of Patient Change
Measures of Practitioner Change
Surrogate Measures of Practitioner Change
Organisational or Process Level Change

Medical record audit
32%
29%
45%
0
5%
Computerised medical record audit
14%
9%
12%
0
1%
Medical practitioner interview/survey/questionnaire
12%
2%
5%
100%
53%
Patient interview/survey/questionnaire
37%
4%
10%
0
5%
Computerised database
18%
26%
25%
0
18%
Log book/Department record/Register
2%
7%
9%
0
6%
Encounter form/Request slip/Diary
8%
3%
13%
0
13%
Other
14%
7%
7%
0
8%
Unclear
9%
14%
7%
0
6%

All numbers are percent of the total number of studies for that category

* Excludes 25 studies that measured cost in this category for which no method was recorded