The double use of PROMs to improve patient-provider communication and to compare providers: a potential conflict?

Affiliations

• ¹ Basel Academy for Quality and Research in Medicine, Steinenring 6, Basel CH-4051, Switzerland.
• ² Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Spalenring 145, Basel CH-4055, Switzerland.
• ³ Crossklinik, Bundesstrasse 1, Basel CH-4054, Switzerland.
• ⁴ Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 61, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.
• ⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics, Georgetown University, 4000 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
• ⁶ The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Nordre Fasanvej 57, Frederiksberg DK-2000, Denmark.
• ⁷ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Olof Palmes Allé 43-45, Aarhus N DK-8200, Denmark.