The US health-care transition demands increased accountability for medical care. This has
contributed to increased interest in documenting valued medical outcomes including …

One of the most complex problems that clinicians in the field of oncology face is how to
assess the quality of life of patients in a way that will improve the delivery of care. As …

This article focuses on the routine use of patient-reported outcomes measures in oncology
clinical practice to monitor patient progress and inform decision making; and in particular, on …

THE IMPACT OF DISEASE AND OF TREATMENT on health status and the quality of life is
receiving increasing attention by those who plan and deliver health care services, as well as …

Despite the introduction of quality of life measurements into clinical trials during the past
several years, there is uncertainty about how to translate quality of life information from the …

Opinion statement Quality of life measurements are well established in cancer clinical trials.
In daily clinical practice, where cancer patients often suffer from disease-specific symptoms …

Objectives. To propose a taxonomy of psychometrically based, health-related quality-of-life
instruments related to three levels of decision-making of health care: the macro, meso and …

While it is recognized that quality of life is ultimately as important as quantity of life, efforts to
implement quality of life measurement often fail. Two basic reasons for that failure include: 1) …

Quality indicators applicable to cancer end‐of‐life care exist, but have not been widely
implemented. To advance this field, the authors worked with the Agency for Health Care …

The advent of prepayment systems in hospitals has greatly shortened the length of stay of
patients who are therefore increasingly treated and cared for in outpatient settings while …