Functional Status and Well-being of Patients With Chronic Conditions: Results From the Medical Outcomes Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 262, Issue 7, 1989, Pages 907-913

  Stewart, Anita L ^a   Greenfield, Sheldon ^b   Hays, Ron D ^c   Wells, Kenneth ^c   Rogers, William H ^c   Berry, Sandra D ^c   Mcglynn, Elizabeth A ^c   Ware, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024313418     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430070055030     Document Type: Article

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