A guide to PROMs | Part one: Only the essentials

Percept | May 2023

This brief explores the purpose (the “why”) behind the measurement of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and describes the tools (the “what”) that are available. The intended audience, and the beneficiaries (the “who”), are clinicians, managers, and policymakers, working for and with patients and families. The context for this brief (the “where”) is Primary Healthcare (PHC) services in the South African public sector. Suggestions for getting started (the “how”) in our specific context are provided. This brief is the first in a series of three briefs.