Pediatric health-related quality-of-life measurement technology: Intersections between science, managed care, and clinical care Academic Article

abstract

• The demand for health care outcomes assessment is increasing, driven by the proliferation of managed care as a form of health care financing. Providers, consumers, and payers can use health care outcomes to improve the efficiency and quality of care, spur performance improvement, and demonstrate accountability. This review introduces health outcomes and focuses on one particular outcome - pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL), exemplified by the PedsQL, a brief, practical, reliable, valid, and responsive measure of pediatric HRQOL. HRQOL measurement has the potential, in pediatric clinical practice, to improve assessment, clinical management, and treatment evaluation if practical, conceptual, and empirical challenges are addressed. These issues are discussed and directions for future research are described that would demonstrate the value of HRQOL measurement in pediatric clinical settings. 2000 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

authors

• Varni, James

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS

author list (cited authors)

• Seid, M., Varni, J. W., & Jacobs, J. R.

citation count

• 28

complete list of authors

• Seid, M||Varni, JW||Jacobs, JR

publication date

• March 2000

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings  Journal

keywords

• Accountability
• Clinical Practice
• Health Outcomes
• Health-related Quality Of Life
• Pediatric

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1023/A:1009541218764

start page

• 17

end page

• 27

volume

• 7

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1023%2Fa%3A1009541218764

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being