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Helping Patients Make Better Personal Health Decisions

Helping Patients Make Better Personal Health Decisions Editorials represent the opinions EDITORIAL of the authors and JAMA and not those of the American Medical Association. Helping Patients Make Better Personal Health Decisions The Promise of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Patients were recruited from 9 hospitals, enhancing gener- Michael J. Barry, MD alizability. Importantly, the predictive models were inde- pendently validated in a separate population, and the find- HE NEW PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH ings were reasonably consistent. Institute has proposed a working definition of 1 However, the study also has several limitations. The 9 hos- patient-centered outcomes research that addresses pitals were all linked with academic medical centers, and T4 patient questions: “Given my personal character- thus outcomes may be different in lower-volume commu- istics, conditions, and preferences, what should I expect nity hospitals. A better study sample would have been popu- will happen to me?” “What are my options and what are lation based, rather than hospital based, although population- the benefits and harms of those options?” “What can I do based sampling presents many challenges. Selecting 2-year to improve those outcomes?” and “How can the health care follow-up may bias comparisons across treatments to the system improve my chances of achieving the outcomes extent that the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Helping Patients Make Better Personal Health Decisions

Barry, Michael J.
JAMA , Volume 306 (11) – Sep 21, 2011
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2011 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.2011.1363
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Editorials represent the opinions EDITORIAL of the authors and JAMA and not those of the American Medical Association. Helping Patients Make Better Personal Health Decisions The Promise of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Patients were recruited from 9 hospitals, enhancing gener- Michael J. Barry, MD alizability. Importantly, the predictive models were inde- pendently validated in a separate population, and the find- HE NEW PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH ings were reasonably consistent. Institute has proposed a working definition of 1 However, the study also has several limitations. The 9 hos- patient-centered outcomes research that addresses pitals were all linked with academic medical centers, and T4 patient questions: “Given my personal character- thus outcomes may be different in lower-volume commu- istics, conditions, and preferences, what should I expect nity hospitals. A better study sample would have been popu- will happen to me?” “What are my options and what are lation based, rather than hospital based, although population- the benefits and harms of those options?” “What can I do based sampling presents many challenges. Selecting 2-year to improve those outcomes?” and “How can the health care follow-up may bias comparisons across treatments to the system improve my chances of achieving the outcomes extent that the

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Published: Sep 21, 2011

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