A critique of current uses of health status for the assessment of treatment effectiveness and quality of care.
Kaplan
S H
SH
New England Medical Center, Primary Care Outcomes Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA. skaplan1@lifespan.org
Kravitz
R L
RL
Greenfield
S
S
D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D012647:Self-Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome