The development and acceptability of symptom management quality improvement reports based on patient-reported data: an overview of methods used in PROSSES

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2833-2843

  Troeschel, Alyssa ^a   Smith, Tenbroeck ^a   Castro, Kathleen ^b   Treiman, Katherine ^c   Lipscomb, Joseph ^d   McCabe, Ryan M ^e   Clauser, Steven ^f   Friedman, Eliot L ^g   Hegedus, Patricia D ^h   Portier, Kenneth ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^f PATIENT CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Gibbs Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case mix adjustment; Patient reported outcomes; Quality improvement reports; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84976333428     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-016-1305-7     Document Type: Article

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