A longitudinal assessment of chronic care pathways in real-life: self-care and outcomes of chronic heart failure patients in Tuscany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide healthcare systems face challenges in assessing and monitoring chronic care pathways and, even more, the value generated for patients. Patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) represent a valid Real-World Evidence (RWE) source to fully assess health systems' performance in managing chronic care pathways.

Methods

The originality of the study consists in the chance of adopting PROMs, as a longitudinal assessment tool for continuous monitoring of patients' adherence to therapies and self-care behavior recommendations in clinical practice and as a chance to provide policy makers insights to improve chronic pathways adopting a patient perspective. The focus was on PROMs of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) collected in the Gabriele Monasterio Tuscan

SUBMITTER: Guidotti E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9463807 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature