Frameworks of Health Outcomes for Performance Specifications in Laboratory Medicine
Most frameworks of outcomes in healthcare evaluations distinguish between physical, mental, and social health. Because of the indirect link between testing and outcomes, developing recommendations based on effects on outcomes is challenging. Nevertheless, explicitly specifying the respective pathways from testing to potential health outcomes through downstream actions will provide the necessary context for such discussions.
Authors
- Andrea R. Horvath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7474-3240)
- Tze Ping Loh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4272-0001)
- Katy JL Bell
- Sally Lord
- Patrick M Bossuyt
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Amsterdam Neuroscience (NL)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
- National University Hospital (SG)
- National Health and Medical Research Council (AU)
- Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Chemistry
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvag014
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00