Using patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to compare the providers of surgery does the choice of measure matter?

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 517-523

  Neuburger, Jenny ^a   Hutchings, Andrew ^a   Van Der Meulen, Jan ^a   Black, Nick ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elective surgery; Patient reported outcomes; Performance measurement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERNIOPLASTY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MINOR SURGERY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXFORD HIP SCORE; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 84879119367     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31828d4cde     Document Type: Article

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