The Outcomes of Cancer Outcomes Research
Focusing on the National Cancer Institute’s Quality-of-Care Initiative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9101086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Lipscomb (National Cancer Institute, corresponding author), Claire Snyder (0000-0001-8952-4561, National Cancer Institute), Claire F Snyder |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | Supplement |
| Pages | III-3-III-10 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-200206001-00002 |
| PMID | 12064755 |
| OpenAlex | W2322516027 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
BACKGROUND: To assess the impact of outcomes research, the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research has proposed a four-level typology that successively distinguishes between research that (1) adds to the knowledge base only, (2) affects practice policies, (3) influences the delivery of care, and (4) leads to changes in health outcomes. The agency has concluded that outcomes research to date has made substantial contributions at level 1, but has had little impact at levels 2 to 4. OBJECTIVE: To describe the National Cancer Institute's emerging agenda in cancer outcomes research, focusing on how it has been shaped early on to support the institute's quality of care initiative and noting whether each new project represents outcomes research at level 1, 2, 3, or 4. RESULTS: Cancer outcomes research describes, interprets, and predicts the impact of various influences, especially (but not exclusively) interventions on endpoints that matter to decision makers. The institute's projects to improve the scientific quality of final endpoint measures, strengthen the methodologic and empirical basis for quality of care analysis, and enhance the application of health-related quality-of-life measures in clinical trials represent level 1 applications of outcomes research. Collaborative projects with federal agencies to translate evidence into practice and a new public and private effort to identify core measures of cancer quality represent level 2 and level 3 outcomes research. CONCLUSION: The stage has been set for carrying out a balanced portfolio of level 1 to 3 outcomes research projects in cancer, with the ultimate (level 4) aim of improving cancer-related health outcomes
Agency (philosophy) · Alternative medicine · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Empirical research · Health care · Outcomes research · Portfolio · Psychological intervention · Quality (philosophy) · Quality of life (healthcare) · Sociology · Typology · Cancer survivorship and care · Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
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| Citation span | 2002 - 2006 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |