Assessment of quality-of-life outcomes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 835-840

  Testa, Marcia A ^a   Simonson, Donald C ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029664491     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199603283341306     Document Type: Review

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