Integrating the use of patient-reported outcomes for both clinical practice and performance measurement: Views of experts from 3 countries

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 754-775

  Van Der Wees, Philip J ^a,b,c   Nijhuis Van Der Sanden, Maria W G ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^c,d   Black, Nick ^e   Westert, Gert P ^a   Schneider, Eric C ^b,c,f,g  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

health care policy; patient reported outcomes; performance measurement; quality of care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATION; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; INTERVIEW; PATIENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916917462     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12091     Document Type: Review

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