A Proposed Minimum Standard Set of Outcome Measures for Cataract Surgery

Mahmud I 1 , Kelley T 1 , Stowell C 1 , Haripriya A 2 , Boman A 3 , Kossler I 4 Show all authors , Morlet N 5 , Pershing S 6 , Pesudovs K 7 , Goh PP 8 , Sparrow JM 9 , Lundström M 10

Affiliations 

  • 1 International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 2 Department of Intraocular Lens and Cataract Services, Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai, India
  • 3 St Erik Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 4 European Cancer Patient Coalition, Brussels, Belgium
  • 5 Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • 6 Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California7VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California8American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California
  • 7 Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • 8 National Cataract Registry, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 9 The Royal College of Ophthalmologists National Ophthalmology Database, London, United Kingdom
  • 10 International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement, Cambridge, Massachusetts12European Registry of Quality Outcomes for Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Dublin, Ireland
JAMA Ophthalmol, 2015 Nov;133(11):1247-52.
PMID: 26291752 DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.2810

Abstract

Aligning outcome measures for cataract surgery, one of the most frequently performed procedures globally, may facilitate international comparisons that can drive improvements in the outcomes most meaningful to patients.

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