title: A critique of current uses of health status for the assessment of treatment effectiveness and quality of care.
authors.affiliation: New England Medical Center, Primary Care Outcomes Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA. skaplan1@lifespan.org
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Kravitz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greenfield
mesh_terms: 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