Using subjective health assessments in practice and policy-making

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 284-292

  Albrecht, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029797146     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1042(199611)4:4<284::AID-HCA194>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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