Frequency and methodologic rigor of quality-of-life assessments in the critical care literature

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 591-598

  Heyland, Daren K ^a,e,f   Guyatt, Gordon ^b   Cook, Deborah J ^b,f   Meade, Maureen ^c   Juniper, Elizabeth ^b   Cronin, Lisa ^g   Gafni, Amiram ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Critical care; Economics; Follow up studies; Health status measurements; Intensive care units; Prognosis; Program evaluation; Quality of life; Review; Utilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADULT; BIBLIOMETRICS; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031913959     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199803000-00037     Document Type: Article

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