Addressing Missing Data in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS): Implications for the Use of PROMS for Comparing Provider Performance

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 515-528

  Gomes, Manuel ^a   Gutacker, Nils ^b   Bojke, Chris ^b   Street, Andrew ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

missing data; missing not at random; multiple imputation; patient reported outcome measures; provider performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPLETE CASE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ALGORITHM; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGORITHMS; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STATE MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923886639     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3173     Document Type: Article

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