Standard set of health outcome measures for older persons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) was founded in 2012 to propose consensus-based measurement tools and documentation for different conditions and populations.This article describes how the ICHOM Older Person Working Group followed a consensus-driven modified Delphi technique to develop multiple global outcome measures in older persons. The standard set of outcome measures developed by this group will support the ability of healthcare systems to improve their care pathways and quality of care. An additional benefit will be the opportunity to compare variations in outcomes which encourages and supports learning between different health care systems that drives quality improvement. These outcome measures were not developed for use in resea

SUBMITTER: Akpan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5797357 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature