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Br J Gen Pract
October 2002
Picker Institute Europe, Oxford.
Patient involvement is being encouraged by the government and by others as a way of improving the quality of the service provided in general practice. Patients can be involved in their own individual care; for example, in treatment decision making and in disease management; or collectively, by providing feedback on aspects of practice organisation and quality. Active participation in treatment decisions and in self management of chronic conditions can benefit patients in the short-term and may lead to better health outcomes in the longer term, although the evidence for this is currently equivocal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnalysis of data from a survey of patients with musculoskeletal problems (mainly back and neck pain) to develop a core measure of patients' experiences of health care. A secondary purpose was to determine whether a single summary index figure could be generated from the instrument. The data reported here comes from a postal survey of patients attending a spine clinic in Stockholm, Sweden.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ
March 2002
Picker Institute Europe, Oxford OX1 1RX.
J Public Health Med
September 2001
Picker Institute Europe, Oxford.
Background: The aim of the study was to determine the construct validity of the 12-item Short Form health survey questionnaire (SF-12) across ethnic groups in a large community sample of the United Kingdom.
Methods: A postal survey was carried out in English using a questionnaire booklet, containing the SF-12 and a number of other items relating to experiences of chronic illness and utilization of health care services. The dataset was the National Survey of NHS Patients.
Health Aff (Millwood)
October 2001
Picker Institute Europe, and University of Oxford.
Analysis of patient surveys carried out in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States in 1998-2000 revealed high rates of problems during inpatient hospital stays. Problems with information and education, coordination of care, respect for patients' preferences, emotional support, physical comfort, involvement of family and friends, and continuity and transition were prevalent in all five countries. These dimensions of patients' experience appear to be salient and relevant in each of the five countries, but attempts to develop international rankings based on this type of evidence will have to overcome a number of methodological problems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Serv Res
July 2001
The Picker Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Objective: To assess the information needs and responses of managed care plans to the Medicare Managed Care Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study (MMC-CAHPS).
Data Sources/study Setting: One hundred sixty-five representatives of Medicare managed care plans participated in focus groups or interviews in the spring of 1998, 1999, and 2000.
Study Design: In 1998 focus groups were conducted with representatives of managed care plans to develop and test a print report of MMC-CAHPS results.
Womens Health Issues
September 2001
Picker Institute-Europe, Oxford, United Kingdom.
QJM
February 2001
Health Services Research Unit, Division of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, and Picker Institute Europe, Oxford, UK.
Doubt has been expressed about the efficacy of nasal continuous positive airways pressure (NCPAP) therapy for sleep apnoea. Recent evidence from a randomized controlled trial of 1 month duration, suggested that NCPAP therapy can have a substantial impact on subjective and clinical outcomes in the short term, but data was not available to determine whether these effects were sustained over the long term. This study, an extension of the original trial, examined whether the beneficial impacts of NCPAP continued over the longer term.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
January 2001
Picker Institute Europe, King's Mead House, Oxpens Road, Oxford OX1 1JX, UK.
Objective: The 40 item amyotrophic lateral sclerosis assessment questionnaire (ALSAQ-40) is a subjective health measure designed specifically to assess areas of importance to patients with ALS. It was designed for use in surveys and clinical trials of this patient group, and has been assessed for reliability and validity. Despite its relative brevity there are situations where an even shorter form of the instrument would be desirable.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJt Comm J Qual Improv
July 1999
Picker Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Background: To promote a continuing dialogue among innovators in patient-centered health care quality assessment and improvement, The Picker Institute (Boston) sponsored conferences in 1995 and 1996, and in July 1997 launched the first of its summer symposia designed primarily for its clients. This overview summarizes the work and ideas presented at The Picker Institute's second summer symposium, "Through the Patient's Eyes: Improvement Strategies That Work," held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on July 9-10, 1998.
Issues And Participants: Plenary session speaker David H.
Int J Qual Health Care
December 1998
The Picker Institute, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA.
Qual Connect
June 1998
Picker Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Healthc Forum J
February 1998
Picker Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
JAMA
November 1997
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, and the Picker Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
The goal of this article is to address, from the perspective of users of the health care system (consumers), the following questions: What are the most important health care quality gaps and/or challenges; what major changes should we anticipate in this area in the near future; and what should be the role of federal and state agencies, accreditation organizations, and philanthropic foundations in addressing these challenges? We discuss the needs, challenges, and potential action steps for increasing the prominence of the user's perspective in 3 areas: (1) the conceptualization and definition of quality; (2) the measurement of quality; and (3) routine quality assessment and improvement. The article concludes by making recommendations about the role that different agencies and organizations can and should play in meeting these challenges.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Aff (Millwood)
March 1997
Picker Institute, Boston, USA.
This paper reviews information from surveys and focus group studies about how consumers define high-quality care and the types of information they want when making decisions about which health plan to join. The authors also interviewed consumer advocacy groups and persons responsible for disseminating health plan information to Medicare enrollees in various types of managed care plans to learn about the types of plan information that Medicare enrollees most often request. They describe the types of information that should be made available to consumers and the challenges involved in making this information understandable and useful.
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