Developing Standard Sets of Indicators for Patient-Centered Outcome Measures

Abstract

The article describes how working groups of medical specialists led by the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) develop standard sets of indicators for patient-centered outcome measures. The main stages of working groups’ activity, methods, and criteria for including indicators were defined. The study showed that outcomes are comparable across countries since standard sets of indicators can be used by healthcare organizations all over the world, regardless of the healthcare model. While it is confirmed that the data obtained using PROM questionnaires are valid and reliable, it is recommended, based on the literature review, to fine-tune the standard sets of indicators for some nosologies to the features of the local healthcare system.

Keywords

• standard set of evaluation indicators
• crom
• prom
• survey forms
• ichom
• working groups