title: Measurement comparisons of the medical outcomes study and veterans SF-36 health survey.
abstract: The Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) uses the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) SF-36 among beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare managed care programs, whereas the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has administered the Veterans version of the SF-36 for quality management purposes. The Veterans version is comparable to the MOS version for 6 of the 8 scales, but distinctly different in role physical (RP) and role emotional (RE) scales. The gains in precision for the Veterans SF-36 provide evidence for the use of this version in future applications for assessing patient outcomes across health care systems.
authors.affiliation: Health Services Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA. LEK@bu.edu
authors.forename: Lewis E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Kazis
authors.forename: Austin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Avron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spiro
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Xinhua S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Selim
authors.forename: Alaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamed
authors.forename: Samuel C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Haffer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D006278:Medicare; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs