Death rate was eliminated as a primary outcome measure, replaced with the time it took patients to recover. Government clinical trial investigators changed the primary metric for measuring the success ...

To develop a core outcome set for Achilles tendinopathy (COS-AT) for use in clinical trials we performed a five-step process including (1) a systematic review of available outcome measurement ...

Quality-of-life (QOL) measurement has a rich history in rheumatology, and although the study of health measurements has expanded remarkably in recent years, there are a number of methodological issues ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A workshop of health professionals, patients and caregivers recommended that a core outcome measure for ...

This review presents a set of evidence-based outcome measures for oncology alternative payment models, drawing on evidence from existing and proposed quality measures. Objectives: This paper aims to ...

Today’s column is written by Jane Clarke, managing director and CEO at the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM). Outcomes-based measurement is redefining advertising. GSK recently ...

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs), such as symptom scales or more broad-based health-related quality-of-life measures, play an important role in oncology clinical trials. They frequently are used to ...

Faced with the alarming implications of health care spending growth and suboptimal quality, many nations are turning to market-based reforms. The United Kingdom recently empowered primary care ...