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How do patients choose their doctors? This is the million-dollar question asked and explored by health systems’ executive teams and communication departments across the country. And, the answer might be different depending on who is being asked. Do patients use publicly available quality metrics, shop websites and articles, use their own personal healthcare network or …
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DMSRQ and DMSRQ-SF Are Recommended in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Lawrenceville, NJ, USA—December 12, 2018—Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of new research showing that the Diabetes Medication System Rating Questionnaire (DMSRQ) and the Diabetes Medication System Rating Questionnaire-Short Form (DMSRQ-SF) …
Original BMJ publication - Patient reported outcome measures can help drive global patient centred healthcare reform, but we need a more efficient coordinated approach to assessment if we are to fully realise benefits for patients and society, say Melanie Calvert and colleagues. Melanie Calvert, professor of outcomes methodology, Derek Kyte, lecturer in health research methods …