One of 5 microcourses in the What is HEOR? series, this course provides a basic understanding of how patients define the measures of health-related quality of life. The feedback received from patients through patient-reported outcomes is critical in measuring health-related quality of life.

In this microcourse, you will learn more about the HRQOL concept as an important patient-reported outcome, the types of HRQOL instruments and their advantages and disadvantages, and how HRQOL data can be used to inform clinical decision making.

After the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the HRQOL concept as an important patient-reported outcome.
• Define common HRQOL domains.
• Identify types of HRQOL instruments and their advantages and disadvantages.
• Understand the psychometric properties that should be evaluated before using a HRQOL instrument.
• Understand how HRQOL data can be used to inform clinical decision making.

The access period once enrolled into the course is 30 days from the date of purchase. After this duration, you will need to re-enroll if you wish to re-enter the course.

Time to complete – approximately 1 hour

If you are new to health economics and outcomes research, the What is HEOR? course series provides a nice foundation from which to start your learning. Other courses in this series include:

• What is HEOR?
• Patient-reported outcomes (PROs)
• Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA)
• Budget impact analysis (BIA)

After logging in to enroll, you will have an opportunity to register for one or more of the courses in the series.