Using Patient Reported Outcomes to Improve Health Care (Paperback)

Foreword, Sir Bruce Keogh, vi

Foreword, An international perspective, Professor Kalipso Chalkidou,vii

Acknowledgements, ix

1 Introduction, 1

2 A primer on patient reported outcomes, 9

3 Patients: information and choice, 27

4 Clinicians: clinical decision making, 41

5 Hospitals: managing clinical quality, 51

6 Commissioners: quality, value for money and fairness, 70

7 Regulation, value for money and productivity, 75

8 Where next for patient reported outcomes?, 88

Appendix 1 PROM questionnaire that is currently completed by patients after undergoing varicose vein surgery, 91

Appendix 2 The EQ-5D-5L©, 101

Appendix 3 Dr Tim Hughes’ shared decision-making aid for patients, 103

Index, 107