Outcomes in Speech-Language Pathology

Description

Based on the pioneering work of Carol C. Frattali, Outcomes in Speech-Language Pathology, Second Edition, provides readers with a comprehensive review of current policies, principles, and practices pertaining to outcome measurement in speech-language pathology with particular emphasis on healthcare. It is a unique text that covers outcomes in speech-language pathology practices within the context of contemporary issues across work settings that include clinical practice, applied clinical research, and graduate education.

Major themes from the first edition are revisited in light of the impact of contemporary issues and shifts in emphasis in outcomes, including:

• The prominence of the WHO-ICF as a conceptual model for intervention
• The impact of public policies and federal mandates
• Emphasis on value-based, cost-effective clinical healthcare services
• Growing transparency/in organizational performance in accreditation processes
• The weight currently placed on patient satisfaction and patient-reported outcomes
• Outcomes assessment across stakeholders in school settings
• Challenges and revised perspectives on the application of evidence-based practice
• Increasing demand for applied effectiveness research to inform clinical practices
• Renewed reliance on single subject experimental designs in SLP intervention research and the application of N =1 research designs to .clinical practice
• The growing emphasis on outcomes in graduate clinical education and supervision

Directors and managers of clinical speech-language pathology programs in healthcare settings as well as clinical staff and supervisors will find this book to be a valuable desk reference, and graduate students will use it as a key resource in the course of their studies.

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Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
In Memory

Section I History and Contemporary Issues

1 Outcomes Measurement: Definitions, Dimensions, and Perspectives Carol M. Frattali 3
2 Outcomes Measurement: Converging Issues, Trends, and Influences Lee Ann C. Golper 25
3 WHO'S International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: A Framework for Clinical and Research Outcomes Travis T. Threats 58
4 Outcomes Measurement in Federal Programs and Public Policy Kathleen Romanow Janet E. Brown 73

Section II Clinical Services

5 Outcomes Measurement in Health Care Margaret A. Rogers Robert C. Mullen 91
6 Outcomes Matter in School Service Delivery Jean Blosser 116
7 Outcomes in Long-Term Care Settings William P. Goulding 141

Section III Organizational Performance

8 Outcomes in Health Care: Achieving Transparency Through Accreditation Paul R. Rao 153
9 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Speech-Language Pathology Outcomes Richard M. Merson Michael I. Rolnick 183
10 Defining Quality Through Patient Safety and Satisfaction Outcomes Nancy B. Swigert 202
11 Outcome Assessment for Improving Organizational Efficiencies Tamala S. Bradham 223

Section IV Research

12 Treatment Research Lesley B. Olswang Barbara A. Bain 245
13 Evidence-Based Practice: Applying Research Outcomes to Inform Clinical Practice Kathryn M. Yorkston Carolyn R. Baylor 265
14 Applying Single-Subject Experimental Research to Inform Clinical Practice Kevin P. Kearns Michael R. de Riesthal 279
15 Meta-Analysis in Outcomes Research Katerina Ntourou Mark W. Lipsey 298

Section V Graduate Education

16 Outcomes Measurement in Graduate Clinical Education and Supervision Sue T. Hale Lennette J. Ivy 315
17 Outcomes in Higher Education Michael L. Kimbarow Celia R. Hooper Alex F. Johnson 338

Index 359