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By
Rod O'Connor, BSc(Hons), CHEc, PhD, Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales; Executive
Director, Rod O'Connor & Associates Pty Ltd., Sydney, Australia
Description
A 'how-to' or 'cookbook' style book, setting out why patient-based measures are important, their history, and how to develop and select
quality of life and related measures to assess outcomes in the health care workplace. For those interested in a more in-depth understanding
of the area, or whose curiosity has been piqued, there would also be brief sections in each chapter that provide a more detailed examination
of relevant theoretical or technical issues.
Audience
All those interested in quality of care and measuring outcomes of health services in terms of patient-centred outcomes ie health care
providers, nurses,allied health professionals and doctors. Also pharmaceutical companies who now employ quality of life measures when
assessing the effects of new drugs and identifying symptom areas for drug development. Governments around the world moving to make
quality of life measurement mandatory for all government funded programs eg in USA, Australia and Europe. WHO initiative also underway
Contents
Introduction to HQOL/HS/PS.
Requirements to be met for a health measurement instrument to be valid and reliable. Developing an
instrument - practical issues.
Instrument development - application of statistical techniques in item analysis and weighting.
Assessing an instrument.
The development of some generic instruments.
Examples of developing and improving the validity
of instruments.
Special topics.
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Paperback, 288 pages, publication date: JUL-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07319-9
ISBN-10: 0-443-07319-8
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Oct 2009
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