A<unk>  (PRO) is a health<unk>  directly<unk>  by the<unk>  who experienced it. It stands in contrast to an<unk> <unk>  by someone else, such as a physician-reported<unk> , a nurse-reported<unk> , and so on. PRO methods, such as questionnaires, are used in clinical trials or other clinical settings, to help better understand a treatment's efficacy or effectiveness. The use of digitized PROs, or electronic<unk> s (ePROs), is on the rise in today's health research setting.
Patient-reported outcome
Diagnosis-related group
Clinical pathway
Outcome measure
Procedure code
Clinical case definition
Outline of clinical research
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