Behandlungsindikator
Behandlungsindikator is a term used in healthcare to denote a measurable parameter that reflects the effect, quality, or process of a medical treatment or therapeutic intervention. Indicators can be quantitative, such as numerical outcomes, or qualitative, such as categorical assessments, and they are selected to capture relevant aspects of treatment impact.
Behandlungsindikatoren serve to support clinical decision-making, monitor treatment effectiveness and safety, assess adherence, and guide quality
- Efficacy/outcome indicators: objective response rate, progression-free survival, overall survival, changes in symptom scores, or improvements in
- Safety indicators: incidence of adverse events, treatment-related hospitalizations.
- Adherence or utilization indicators: medication adherence rates, time to treatment discontinuation.
- Patient-centered indicators: changes in validated quality-of-life or patient-reported outcome measures.
Data come from clinical trials, electronic health records, registries, claims data, and patient surveys. Indicators require
Behandlungsindikatoren can be affected by confounding, bias, missing data, and inconsistent definitions. Their validity depends on