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Outcome measurements can be done indicating an individual's clinical state, such as the severity of illness, course of illness, and the effect of interventions on the individual's clinical state. Outcome measures involving a patient's functional status evaluate a patient's ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs). These can include measures of physical health in terms of function, mental and social health, cost of care, health care access, and general health perceptions. The measures can distinguish the concepts of physical and mental health and identify the five indicator categories of clinical status, functioning, physical symptoms, emotional status, and patient/family evaluation, and in Canada perceptions about quality of life. Selected quality‐of‐life measures include quality‐adjusted life years (QALYs), quality‐adjusted life expectancy (QALE), and quality‐adjusted healthy life years (QUALYs) (Drummond, Stoddart, & Torrance, 1994).