New developments in functional assessment: Probabilistic models for gold standards

Issue title: Functional Outcomes in Rehabilitation

Guest editors: Robert G. FrankGuest Editor and Brick JohnstoneGuest Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Fisher, William P.^{; *} | Harvey, Richard F. | Kilgore, Karl M.

Affiliations: Center for Rehabilitation Outcome Analysis, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital and Clinics, Wheaton, IL, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author, 2539 Octavia Street, New Orleans, LA 70115-6535, USA.

Abstract: Advances in fundamental measurement have led to many exciting new developments in functional assessment. This paper presents fundamental measurement theory and method in summary form, and briefly describes its various applications to functional assessment, program evaluation, and outcomes analysis in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The implications of computerized medical records and longitudinal patient tracking in national or global computer networks for functional status and health status gold standards are briefly addressed.

Keywords: Functional assessment, Health status, Rasch, Conjoint measurement, Computerization, Measurement standards

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-1995-5102

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 3-25, 1995