George Torrance giving his acceptance speech after being presented with the
Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award at the
11th Annual ISPOR International Meeting in Philadelphia, May 2006.
Avedis Donabedian was one of the pioneers in the measurement of patient
outcomes and quality of care. George is a co-developer of the
Health Utilities Index. The award has previously been presented to
John Ware and Michael Drummond.