Commentary: Measuring what matters: The case for patient generated PROMS

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wicks, Paul ^a  

^a PatientsLikeMe   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NOTE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84922901887     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h54     Document Type: Note

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