Hospital variation in patient-reported outcomes at the level of EQ-5D dimensions: Evidence from England

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 804-818

  Gutacker, Nils ^a   Bojke, Chris ^a   Daidone, Silvio ^a   Devlin, Nancy ^b   Street, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b OFFICE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Hierarchical ordered probit; Patientreported outcomes (PRO); Performance assessment; Provider profiling; Quality measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQ-5D; HIERARCHICAL ORDERED PROBIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES (PRO); PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROVIDER PROFILING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY MEASUREMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EQ-5D; HIERARCHICAL ORDERED PROBIT; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES (PRO); PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROVIDER PROFILING; QUALITY MEASUREMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84884632028     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X13482523     Document Type: Article

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