Are there valid proxy measures of clinical behaviour? a systematic review
Open Access
- 3 July 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Implementation Science
- Vol. 4 (1) , 37
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-37
Abstract
Accurate measures of health professionals' clinical practice are critically important to guide health policy decisions, as well as for professional self-evaluation and for research-based investigation of clinical practice and process of care. It is often not feasible or ethical to measure behaviour through direct observation, and rigorous behavioural measures are difficult and costly to use. The aim of this review was to identify the current evidence relating to the relationships between proxy measures and direct measures of clinical behaviour. In particular, the accuracy of medical record review, clinician self-reported and patient-reported behaviour was assessed relative to directly observed behaviour.Keywords
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