research group on Outcome

Aims and Missions

The starting point for outcome research in intensive care medicine was the high variability in medical practice, which was detected through the institution of epidemiological methods at the beginning of the 20th century. The fact that people with a disease could be treated differently and that different treatments could lead to different results led to the search the optimal therapy.

Intensive care medicine is a field in which, despite great efforts, there is still a lack of scientific evidence concerning its effectiveness. Outcome research, a science based on the development and application of methods for case-mix adjustment, tries to provide tools for the intensivist to assess and compare various outcomes in different groups of patients.

Head

Philipp Metnitz - Vienna, Austria

Activities

SAPS 3 Project

Rui Moreno & Philipp Metnitz

on behalf of the SAPS 3 Outcome Research Group, in cooperation with the Section on Health Services and Outcome.

Direct links to all published SAPS 3 articles as well as to the available software and documentation can be found at www.saps3.org

Other projects

The Research group currently wortks on the finalization of a project which aim is to evaluate workload of doctors working in intensive care medicine all over Europe (WORKDOC). Anybody interested in this new challenging project is welcome to provide us with input.

Meetings

The next meeting of the Research Group will be held in March 2012 in Brussels.

Useful Link

Section HSRO
SAPS3 website
HSRO website