Long-term care residents' preferences for health states on the quality of well-being scale

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 254-261

  Hays, Ron D ^a   Siu, Albert L ^b   Keeler, Emmett ^a   Marshall, Grant N ^a   Kaplan, Robert M ^c   Simmons, Sandra ^d   El Mouchi, Daryl ^d   Schnelle, John F ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

age factors; health state preferences; long term care; patient preferences; quality of life; Quality of Well Being Scale

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029900815     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9601600310     Document Type: Article

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