title: New developments in functional assessment: Probabilistic models for gold standards.
abstract: Advances in fundamental measurement have led to many exciting new developments in functional assessment. This paper presents fundamental measurement theory and method in summary form, and briefly describes its various applications to functional assessment, program evaluation, and outcomes analysis in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The implications of computerized medical records and longitudinal patient tracking in national or global computer networks for functional status and health status gold standards are briefly addressed.
authors: Center for Rehabilitation Outcome Analysis, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Clinics, Wheaton, IL, USA.
authors: W P
authors: WP
authors: Fisher
authors: Center for Rehabilitation Outcome Analysis, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Clinics, Wheaton, IL, USA.
authors: R F
authors: RF
authors: Harvey
authors: Center for Rehabilitation Outcome Analysis, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Clinics, Wheaton, IL, USA.
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Kilgore
keywords: Computerization; Conjoint measurement; Functional assessment; Health status; Measurement standards; Rasch