Measurement comparisons of the medical outcomes study and veterans SF-36 health survey

Health Care Financ Rev. 2004 Summer;25(4):43-58.

Abstract

The Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) uses the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) SF-36 among beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare managed care programs, whereas the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has administered the Veterans version of the SF-36 for quality management purposes. The Veterans version is comparable to the MOS version for 6 of the 8 scales, but distinctly different in role physical (RP) and role emotional (RE) scales. The gains in precision for the Veterans SF-36 provide evidence for the use of this version in future applications for assessing patient outcomes across health care systems.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Data Collection / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Managed Care Programs
  • Medicare
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care / methods*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs