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. 2022 Mar 17;74(2):197–207. doi: 10.3138/ptc-2020-0119

Table 3 .

Categories of Evaluated Outcomes

Outcome Definition
Clinical outcomes Measures of patients’ health, including but not limited to standardized outcome measures.
Non-clinical impacts on patients Impacts on patients other than clinical outcomes (e.g., impact on days off work)
Health system costs Any type of analysis of health system costs from the intervention.
Health system functioning Any analysis of health system impact beyond the physiotherapy service itself (e.g., reduced wait-lists for surgery).
Physiotherapy clinic functioning Measures of physiotherapy clinic functioning (e.g., wait-list duration, change in volume).
Quality and safety of physiotherapy care Any evaluation of the quality or safety of physiotherapy care provided.
Patient and/or caregiver perspectives Patient and/or caregiver opinions about the intervention, including satisfaction and concerns.
Provider perspectives Physiotherapists’ and other clinicians’ opinions about the intervention, including satisfaction and concerns.