clinical outcomes
Patient health endpoints
Clinical outcomes are the measurable results of medical treatment or healthcare interventions—whether a patient improves, worsens, or stays the same.
These include survival rates, symptom reduction, functional ability, and quality of life.
In research and healthcare policy, clinical outcomes determine whether treatments work: The drug showed improved clinical outcomes compared to placebo.
Distinct from surrogate endpoints like lab values, clinical outcomes reflect what actually happens to patients.
- quality of lifeGeneral life satisfaction
- patient recoveryRegaining health after illness
- symptom reliefLessening disease's felt effects
- blood pressure controlManaging circulatory system force
- emotional well-beingHealthy state of feelings
mental acuity · physical endurance · mortality rates · pain management · side effects · relapse prevention · cholesterol reduction · health literacy · survival rates · hospitalization · biomarkers · disease progression · remission
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
- value-based carecapitation, pay for performance, risk sharing
- COVID-19COVID-19, spike protein, mRNA vaccines, omicron, variants
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