Background This review focused on the identification of patient-reported outcome measures
(PROMs) used in routine cancer clinical practice, the impact on patient, provider, and system …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of legal blindness in the
industrialized world. AMD is characterized by accumulation of extracellular deposits, namely …

Required reading in many medical and healthcare institutions, How to Read a Paper is a
clear and wide-ranging introduction to evidence-based medicine and healthcare, helping …

Objective: To compare the accuracy of the modified Fried Index (mFI) and the Clinical Frailty
Scale (CFS) to predict death or patient-reported new disability 90 days after major elective …

The implications of hospital quality competition depend on what type of quality affects choice
of hospital. Previous studies of quality and choice of hospitals have used crude measures of …

This is the third in a three part series of reports presenting current evidence on
patientreported outcome measures (PROMs). It presents findings from systematic analysis of …

Objective To synthesize professional and patient expertise with available evidence to
recommend best practices for post–acute rehabilitation following primary total hip …

This paper will help clinicians and researchers to understand studies on the validity,
responsiveness and reliability of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and to …

Background Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) have been integrated in national
quality registries or specific national monitoring initiatives to inform the improvement of …

Background Achieving people-centred health care systems requires new and innovative
strategies to capture information about whether, and to what degree, health care is …