Outcomes Measurement: Health-Related Quality of Life

Assistive Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 82-93

  Oldridge, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Health care technology evaluation; Health services research; Health status indicators; Outcomes research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; FORECASTING; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HEALTH CARE;

HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030449235     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.1996.10132278     Document Type: Article

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