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Mamiya, H., Lix, L. M., Gardner, W., Bartlett, S. J., Ahmed, S., & Buckeridge, D. L. (2017). Montreal Accord on Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) use series–Paper 5: patient-reported outcomes can be linked to epidemiologic measures to monitor populations and inform public health decisions. Journal of clinical epidemiology89, 142-147.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.04.018

Background

A comprehensive picture of population health status can be captured by the incorporation of patient-reported outcome measures into population health monitoring.

The aim of the study was to identify the current state, opportunities, and future research related to the utilization of patient-reported outcome measures for population health monitoring in Canada.