How do payers use patient reported outcomes?

This is the question asked by a study conducted by Brogen et al. (2017).  To see how payers use patient reported outcomes (PRO) in oncology, the authors conducted a literatures search, and searched the websites of the following health technology assessment bodies: Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) in Australia, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies…

Patient Reported Quality

Should doctors financial incentives be tied to patient perceptions of quality?  Some physicians are reluctant for this to happen.  Paula Chatterjee and co-authors, however, argue that patient satisfaction should play a role in how incentives tied to value-based care are measured. Although I do not disagree with Chatterjee, it is not clear how patient perceptions of…