The impact of measuring patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice: A systematic review of the literature

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-193

  Valderas, J M ^a,b   Kotzeva, A ^c   Espallargues, M ^c   Guyatt, G ^d   Ferrans, C E ^e   Halyard, M Y ^f   Revicki, D A ^g   Symonds, T ^h   Parada, A ^c   Alonso, J ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^h PFIZER INC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Health status indicators; Outcome assessment; Patient reported outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

FEEDBACK; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 39149101458     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9295-0     Document Type: Review

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