Measuring Quality of Recovery

Authors

  • Paul Myles Alfred Hospital and Monash University

Abstract

There is growing interest in patient-centred outcome measures in anaesthesia research.1-4 Such measures have traditionally focussed on quality of life and patient satisfaction, but for patients undergoing surgery there has been a recent focus on the patient’s subjective experience of their overall recovery,2,5 and disability-free survival.6

Author Biography

Paul Myles, Alfred Hospital and Monash University



Professor and Director
Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Alfred Hospital and Monash University
Melbourne
Australia

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Published

2018-06-05

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 3 (2018)

Section

Editorial

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