title: Setting the context for measuring patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Program, RAND, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: McGlynn
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D008722:Methods; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D015203:Reproducibility of Results