The number of studies attempting to bridge the gap from outcomes to values is increasing; however, to date, there is limited guidance to effectively carry out such studies. The checklist developed by a Canadian clinician and presented here is timely and tackles an important issue: how we move from outcomes to values in health care to ensure that care truly reflects what patients and providers want. Issues in current reporting Monitoring the health of a population or the comparative impact of an intervention requires a measure that considers mortality and morbidity simultaneously.
Most clinical studies include measures of mortality and morbidity outcomes (progression of the disease, disease markers, symptoms, adverse events, the level of functioning, and quality of life) but report the results separately or using some arbitrary proxy measure. Summary measures of health combine mortality…
