Methodology for measuring health-state preferences-II: Scaling methods

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 459-471

  Froberg, Debra G ^a   Kane, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status measurement; Health state preferences; Preference weights; Social preferences; Utility measurement; Values

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0024354921     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(89)90136-4     Document Type: Article

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