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The impact of nursing care in Latin America and the Carihbean: a focus on outcomes 1
Author(s) -
Holzemer William L
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20010005.x
Subject(s) - latin americans , perspective (graphical) , outcome (game theory) , context (archaeology) , nursing , health care , process (computing) , focus group , focus (optics) , nursing research , medicine , psychology , business , computer science , political science , geography , marketing , physics , mathematics , mathematical economics , archaeology , optics , artificial intelligence , law , operating system
A systems model is presented that has the potential to expand understanding of the complex nature of health‐related outcomes The horizontal axis is a systems axis of context, process and outcome and the vertical axis consists of the client, provider and setting Examples from outcome research in Latin America and the Caribbean are provided Each section is explored from the perspective of primary health care research and some of the issues of design, measurement and analysis are raised The systems model is offered as a framework for conceptualizing research on the impact of nursing care on client, provider and setting outcomes