Cardiovascular Health: The Importance of Measuring Patient-Reported Health Status
Published: May 06, 2013
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- Helping people live better longer is a key health care goal.
- Patient-reported health status predicts other health outcomes, informs clinical decisions, helps to target resources, and improves surveillance of the disease burden.
- Patient-reported health status is a key measure of cardiovascular health outcome.