Technology assessment using the association between outcome measures and patterns of illness severity

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 386-390

  Almeida, R T ^a,b   Hjortswang, H ^a   Strom M ^a,c   Almer, S ^a,c   Persson, J ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Illness severity; Inflammatory bowel disease; Outcome measures; Technology assessment; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; TECHNOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENT CONCERNS (RFIPC); SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE (SIP);

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 0031194013     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02534095     Document Type: Article

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