History of outcomes measures in neurosurgery.

This article provides a brief overview of the history of the origin of surgical outcomes studies in North America as exemplified by the career of E. A. Codman, MD. The influence of Harvey Cushing on Codman's interest in documenting the end results ofsurgical care is reported. The lessons gained from Codman's experience and difficulties are related to the efforts of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Outcomes Committee to develop an internationalneurosurgical outcome reporting system.

作 者：

Harbaugh,RE

刊 名：

Neurosurgery clinics of North America 

年，卷(期)：

2001V.12,no.1,2001("") 

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关键词：

Neurosurgical Procedures  Outcome Assessment Health Care history  神经外科手术方法

正文语种：

eng 

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