Development and Testing of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey Summary Scale Scores in the United Kingdom: Results from a Large-Scale Survey and a Clinical Trial

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 410-416

  Jenkinson, Crispin ^a   Layte, Richard ^a   Lawrence, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HERNIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031115916     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199704000-00010     Document Type: Article

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