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| Outcome Measures: Why and
How? |
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VNA Foundation requires its grants to have measurable outcomes,
or objective measures of the grant's effect. By doing so, we
believe we maximize the impact of our grant dollars, and are
able to share with other nonprofits and foundations objective
information about successful--or not so successful--approaches
to assisting the medically underserved.
What do we mean by "outcome measures" in this context?
Here are some examples of outcome measures used in our grants,
and the baselines to which they were compared:
Examples of Outcome Measures
and Related Baselines
Outcome Measure: The number of emergency room
visits for children in the communities served by this program
will decline by 15%.
Baseline: Last year there were 386 emergency
room visits for children in the communities served by this program.
Outcome Measure: Fewer than 15% of patients
per year will present to an emergency room in critical condition
or worse.
Baseline: Eighty to 90% (estimated) would experience
a medical emergency that would require an emergency room visit
if not for the program.
Outcome Measure: Average hemoglobin level of
diabetic patients will be reduced to 8.5.
Baseline: The average hemoglobin level of diabetic
patients is 9.0.
Outcome Measure: Based on pre and post tests
50% of residents will demonstrate a 20% increase in knowledge
about health problems common to the homeless.
Baseline: Forty percent of residents demonstrated
a 20% increase in knowledge about health problems common to
the homeless.
Outcome Measure: Scores on the quality of life
questionnaire will be an average of 20% higher after one year.
Baseline: Will be determined by administering
the quality of life questionnaire at the beginning of the program.
Outcome Measure: Ninety five percent of perinatal
patients will wait 24 months or longer before becoming pregnant
again.
Baseline: Eighty three percent of prenatal
patients waited 24 months or longer before becoming pregnant
again.
Outcome Measure: Eighty percent of patients
will attend their 6-week postpartum clinic visit.
Baseline: Sixty-three percent of patients attend
their 6-week postpartum clinic visit.
Outcome Measure: Eighty five percent of women
age 50 & over will understand the importance of having a
yearly mammogram (based on test given after health education
session).
Baseline: Sixty seven percent of women age
50 & over understand the importance of having a yearly mammogram.
Outcome Measure: Fewer than 10% of patients per year
will sustain injury due to falls, burns, or adverse drug reaction/medication
error.
Baseline: Eighty to 90% (estimated) have sustained
complications from falls, burns, or adverse drug reaction/medication
error before enrolling in the program.
Outcome Measure: Ninety seven percent of participants
will follow the schedule of immunizations and well-child visits
recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Baseline: Seventy nine percent of children
in this County receive immunizations and well child visits according
to the schedule recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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