The Emergency department is planning to increase the number of annual emergency

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The Emergency department is planning to increase the number of annual emergency visits utilizing the same number of physicians, midlevel providers, allied and ancillary staff. A Lean project is implemented with multiple interventions, leading to improvements over a 180 day period. Measurements include number of annual emergency visits, number of patients admitted from ED to the hospital, number of missed or incorrect diagnosis, time spent with each patient, and staff and patient satisfaction. In this example, measurement of number of missed/incorrect diagnosis is what type of measure? O Input measure O Outcome measure O Counterbalance measure O Process measure

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Correct answer:- (b) Outcome measures
Explanation- outcome measure is the result of a test that is used to objectively determine the baseline function of a patient at the beginning of treatment.
- here baseline is given 180 days.

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