Assessing the Health of the Nation: The Predictive Validity of a Preference-Based Measure and Self-Rated Health

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-177

  Gold, Marthe ^a,b   Franks, Peter ^a,d   Erickson, Pennifer ^c  

^a Highland Hospital Rochester   (United States)

^b Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d Family Medicine Center Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Predictive validity; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030077788     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199602000-00008     Document Type: Article

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