Abstract
This contribution deals with the use, within healthcare systems, of patient-reported outcomes (PROs), i.e., all measures aimed at quantifying the state of health through the evaluation of outcomes reported by the patient himself. A survey of their cultural background, identified in the patient-centered model of medicine, is followed by a delineation of their historical profile (from 1914, the year of the first outcome measure, to the more recent examples of their use in clinical trial and practice), a classification based on the size they wish to detect and the reconstruction of the main lines of debate around their use in health care.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] [Patient-reported outcomes (PRO): historical profile, definitions, classifications and problems] |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
pagine (da-a) | 39-45 |
Numero di pagine | 7 |
Rivista | LA CLINICA TERAPEUTICA |
Volume | 163 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2012 |
Keywords
- PRO
- Patient-reported outcomes (PRO
- quality of care
- qualità dell'assistenza