Developing Outcome Measures to Evaluate Health Care for the Homeless Services
Description:
This report examines difficulties and potential benefits that federally-funded Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) projects can expect as they engage in systematic program evaluation and use that information to improve quality of care and demonstrate the value of their work. (Author)
Content:
The information and recommendations contained in this report were provided by members of the HCH Outcomes Work Group, convened in 2004–2005 by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council to assess the feasibility of measuring HCH service outcomes in a more comprehensive fashion than has been accomplished to date. Members of the Work Group and other consultants represented 17 HCH grantees in different regions of the United States. The Work Group was especially interested in exploring the development of a continuum of outcome measures that could be effectively used by HCH grantees with diverse structural models and clinical settings to quantify the impact of their services, despite limited resources. (Author)
Type of Resource:
Report
Publication Date:
2005
Location:
Nashville, TN
Phone:
615-226-2292