RT Journal
A1 Fried TR, Tinetti ME, Iannone L, O’Leary JR, Towle V, Van Ness PH
T1 HEalth outcome prioritization as a tool for decision making among older persons with multiple chronic conditions
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD November 14
VO 171
IS 20
SP 1856
OP 1858
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.424
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.424
AB 
Older persons with multiple chronic conditions are at substantial risk for unintended adverse outcomes, such as medication adverse events. Less-severe adverse events are commonly referred to as “side effects,” implying that they are secondary to disease-specific benefits. However, patients consider these adverse events to be important outcomes in their own right.1 Such findings suggest that all possible benefits and harms resulting from different treatment options be considered as competing outcomes, among which older persons with multiple chronic conditions face trade-offs.