Foreword, Sir Bruce Keogh, vi
Foreword, An international perspective, Professor Kalipso Chalkidou,vii
Acknowledgements, ix
1 Introduction, 1
2 A primer on patient reported outcomes, 9
3 Patients: information and choice, 27
4 Clinicians: clinical decision making, 41
5 Hospitals: managing clinical quality, 51
6 Commissioners: quality, value for money and fairness, 70
7 Regulation, value for money and productivity, 75
8 Where next for patient reported outcomes?, 88
Appendix 1 PROM questionnaire that is currently completed by patients after undergoing varicose vein surgery, 91
Appendix 2 The EQ-5D-5L, 101
Appendix 3 Dr Tim Hughes shared decision-making aid for patients, 103
Index, 107