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Patient Centered Outcomes is outcomes from medical care that are important to patients. The medical community/research focuses on the standard metrics related to survival and physiological outcomes (how well is the part of the body being treated?). In the patient centered outcomes research, they will also focus on outcomes important to patients such as quality of life. In other words, the care experience will be viewed through the eyes of the patients and their support groups to ensure that their concerns are also addressed.

Recent movements related to Patient centered outcomes are: 1. Creation of the [|Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute] by the US govt. 2. [|The Patient: Patient Centered Outcomes] journal.

References: 1. A Patient-Centered Model to Improve Metrics Without Cost Increase: Viewing All Care Through the Eyes of Patients and Families. 2. The "patient-centered" outcomes of critical care: what are they and how should they be used?