Open AccessIf patient‐reported outcome measures are considered key health‐care quality indicators, who is excluded from participation?
Author(s) -
Kroll Thilo,
Wyke Sally,
Jahagirdar Deepa,
Ritchie Karen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
health expectations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.314
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1369-7625
pISSN - 1369-6513
DOI - 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.00772.x
Subject(s) - outcome (game theory) , health literacy , quality (philosophy) , patient reported outcome , health care , psychology , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing , political science , philosophy , mathematics , mathematical economics , epistemology , law
Patient‐reported outcome measures have received increasing attention with regard to ensuring quality improvement across the health service. However, there is a risk that people with disabilities and low literacy are systematically excluded from the development of these measures as well as their application in clinical practice. This editorial highlights some of these risks and the potential consequences of exclusion for these groups.