Quality of life and social production functions: A framework for understanding health effects

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1051-1063

  Ormel, Johan ^a   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a   Steverink, Nardi ^a   Vonkorff, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Disease; Functional status; Health; Medical care; Quality of life; Symptoms; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MONEY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; TIME; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 0030745820     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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