Patient-Reported Outcomes: Measurement

Advancing the development, validation, and use of PRO measures, this book helps readers develop and enrich their understanding of PRO methodology, particularly from a quantitative perspective. Designed for biopharmaceutical researchers and others in the health sciences community, it provides an up-to-date volume on conceptual and analytical issues of PRO measures. The authors include many real-life applications and implement a wealth of simulated datasets to illustrate concepts. Most chapters contain SAS code and output that demonstrate the methodology.