A Measurement Model of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey in a Clinical Sample of Disadvantaged, Older, Black, and White Men and Women

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 537-548

  Wolinsky, Fredric D ^a,b,c   Stump, Timothy E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychomteric properties; Self reported health status; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030160742     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199606000-00004     Document Type: Review

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