Establishing individual preferences for Health Related Quality of Life Scales (HRQL): Methodological and practical issues;Definir les preferences individuelles des aspects sante de la qualite de vie: Concepts et applications

Journal d'Economie Medicale

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Buron, C ^a,b   Le Gales C ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

Author keywords

preferences; quality of life; scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030915089     PISSN: 02940736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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