Health state valuations from the general public using the visual analogue scale

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 521-531

  Gudex, C ^a,c   Dolan, P ^b   Kind, P ^a   Williams, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EuroQol; health status measurement; social preferences; visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030471353     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00439226     Document Type: Article

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