Do patients’ evaluations of a future health state change when they actually enter that state?

Medical Care

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 1002-1012

  Llewellyn Thomas, Hilary A ^a   Sutherland, Heather J ^b   Thiel, Elaine C ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical decision analysis; Health status; Patients utilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0027702163     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199311000-00003     Document Type: Article

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