Systematic Outcomes Analysis

This presentation sets out the basic elements in Systematic Outcomes Analysis. It only takes 5 minutes to go through. It outlines the basic building blocks of outcomes systems on which Systematic Outcomes Analysis is build. The presentation is available here.

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This How To List provides step by step instructions for doing Systematic Outcomes Analysis. It is based on the building-blocks in the OIE Extended Diagram which are shown in the diagram on the right.

While there is a general sequence for doing Systematic Outcomes Analysis as set out here, you may undertake stages in a different order if this suits the project or organization you are working with. If you are printing out the How To List so you can work though it, you should also print out The Model. This is because at different stages in the How To List you are referred to more detailed material which is included in the model.

This page sets out all of the How To List, if you just want a particular section click on it in the index on the left.

A set of standards has been developed for drawing outcomes models which can be used in Systematic Outcomes Analysis. Building models which meet these standards makes sure that such models are useful for later stages in  Systematic Outcomes Analysis. An underlying principle of these standards is that outcomes models should include all outcomes which are potentially influencible by an intervention. Often models are drawn which are restricted to outcomes which are only measurable or attributable to (able to be proved were caused by) an intervention. The issues of measurement and attribution are dealt with in later stages of Systematic Outcomes Analysis. For the standards see here. For a summary of the standards see here. For further discussion of the features of outcomes (influencible, measurable, attributable etc.) see here.