Automated utility assessment of global health

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Nease Jr , R F ^a,b   Tsai, R ^a   Hynes, L M ^a   Littenberg, B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Lab for Medical Decision Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support techniques; Patient preferences; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029873011     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00435983     Document Type: Article

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