Ram Patel works as a nurse in a neurological out-patient department. He is concerned that the level of immediate post-consultation care may be inadequate, particularly in light of the fact that many patients receive disturbing prognoses following their consultations. He decides to embark on a study to assess the impact of the consultation on his patients’ immediate health; he intends to use the results to help make a case to increase the allocation of staff to post-consultation care. Ram is aware that he needs to take measures pre- and post-consultation. 1. What quantitative aspects of health could Ram measure?