TY  - JOUR
T1  - HEalth outcome prioritization as a tool for decision making among older persons with multiple chronic conditions
AU  - Fried TR, Tinetti ME, Iannone L, O’Leary JR, Towle V, Van Ness PH
Y1  - 2011/11/14
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.424
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1856
EP  - 1858
VL  - 171
IS  - 20
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.424
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.424
ER  -