title: A framework for selecting outcome measures for ambulatory care research.
abstract: Selecting outcome measures must be considered in the context of the application the researcher has in mind, that is, describing the health of a population, predicting health status, or evaluating health outcomes. Most important, the outcome measure selected must be conceptually defensible--it needs to make sense. A general framework for selecting measures is discussed in the context of five critical characteristics: (1) sensibility, (2) reliability, (3) validity, (4) responsiveness, and (5) burden. A commonsense approach to outcome measurement selection weighs the relative importance of each of these characteristics with the framework and application clearly in mind.
authors: Center for Applied Research and Analysis, Stratis Health/Health Outcomes Institute, Bloomington, MN, USA.
authors: D M
authors: DM
authors: Radosevich
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000592:standards*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012107:Research Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States