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Good healthcare outcomes are not just about treatments being clinically successful. Good outcomes also include having symptoms managed, being able to do things you ordinarily would, and minimising the impacts of health conditions and treatments on other parts of your life.

Selecting a PROM

Research on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) has evolved over three decades.1,2 During this time, hundreds of PROMs have been developed.2 The development of PROMs originally came from researchers looking to incorporate the perspectives of patients in their work.

A patient-reported outcome is 'any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient’s response by a clinician or anyone else'.1

To inform these options, the Commission has published the following:

Annual Reports

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