Evaluating the Feasibility of Developing National Outcomes Data Bases to Assist Patients with Making Treatment Decisions : Data Bases to Assist Patients Wtih Making Treatment Decisions

• Autore: Damberg Cheryl L
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (138 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/0285; 362.17
• Soggetto topico: Treatment Outcome; Databases as Topic; Patient Participation; Decision Making
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Altri autori: HiattLiisa ChanKitty S NolindRebecca
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; INTRODUCTION; A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING NATIONAL OUTCOMES DATA BASES; SHARED DECISION-MAKING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE; PROSTATE CANCER DATA BASE FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS DATA BASE FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT; CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; Draft Questions-Prostate Cancer Consultative Meeting; ; REFERENCES
• Sommario/riassunto: This report examines issues surrounding the establishment of a national patient outcomes database that would be used by patients and providers to make more informed treatment decisions. It focuses on prostate cancer and surgery for osteoarthritis. The authors conclude that such longitudinal databases would be both desirable and feasible but would require substantial resources.
• Titolo autorizzato: Evaluating the Feasibility of Developing National Outcomes Data Bases to Assist Patients with Making Treatment Decisions
• ISBN: 0-8330-5718-9; 1-59875-358-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910219962603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II