A research program for accountable and patient-centered health outcome measures.
This article addresses the relevance of probabilistic conjoint (Rasch) measurement to five issues of accountability and patient-centeredness in health care. Goals for research, data quality standards, and standard metrics are proposed. The article is intended to begin to address concerns voiced by health care researchers, policy analysts, and the public about ways in which health care outcome measures can be improved.
Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112, USA.
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D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States