MEETING OF THE RSS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE STUDY GROUP
Monday 15th April 2013
Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX
2-5pm
All welcome. No pre-registration is necessary
THEME Patient Reported Outcome Measures: some current perspectives
"Exploiting PROMs data in cost-effectiveness analysis: a case study"
Mark Pennington, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The Patient reported Outcome Measures programme (PROMs) is assembling a dataset on outcomes for four common, elective surgical procedures which is unrivalled in size. However, unlocking the potential value of the data requires careful control for case-mix. In this presentation I will illustrate the value of PROMs data in economic evaluation of technologies. The case study is a comparison of the three main types of technology for total hip replacement, one of the most commonly undertaken surgical procedures. We applied PROMs data to compare post-operative outcomes across technologies, and the resulting inference from the decision analytic model challenges current practice. I will describe the application of Genetic Matching, an advance on Propensity score matching, to control for case-mix, and discuss the strengths and limitations of the resulting inference.
"The Musculoskeletal PROM: putting it into practice"
Stephen Tolan, Arthritis Research UK
The NHS now routinely captures patient-reported outcome measures for hip and knee joint replacement surgery. No outcomes data are collected for the majority of people with musculoskeletal disorders who do not require surgery. Arthritis Research UK is developing a generic musculoskeletal patient-reported outcome measure (M-PROM) that can be used to measure the health status of people with a wide range of such disorders. The M-PROM will be multidimensional, applicable across health settings, and not specific to any particular musculoskeletal condition. This talk outlines the hopes for the programme, describes progress to date, and highlights key challenges that will need to be met to ensure success.
"How do we know whether a Patient Reported Outcome Measure is good or bad? Standards and methods for evaluating PROMs" Jose (Chema) Valderas, Oxford University
There are several thousands of different Patient Reported Outcome Measures. The task of selecting the most appropriate one for a given purpose is not straightfoward. In this talk we will review what these instruments measure, what are the main repositories, what are current accepted standards of evaluation and what methods are currently available for appraising these instruments. I have been conducting research on the development, adaptation, appraisal and use of PROMs over the last 15 years, with a particular focus on clinical applications.
To be followed by Group Discussion
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