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Functional Health

In the past, health services were viewed as aiming to save lives. However, health care providers spend most of their time attempting to improve the quality of their patients' lives in a physical, psychological or social capacity.

This is known as "functional health status." At St. Anthony's, we use well-constructed measures to determine reliable answers to subjective concepts, such as:

• Physical
• Mental
• Perceived well-being (quality of life)

By measuring health outcomes one treatment at a time, we can look at the extent to which a treatment restores a patient to his or her usual function.

For information, please call our Health Access Line at 314-ANTHONY (268-4669) or 800-554-9550
or visit find a physician online.

At St. Anthony’s, our vision is to be the area’s premier health care organization
— and your first choice for health care services.