The MOS short-form general health survey: Reliability and validity in a patient population

Medical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 724-735

  Stewart, Anita L ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a   Ware, John E ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CALIFORNIA; CHICAGO; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024042879     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198807000-00007     Document Type: Article

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