Selecting a generic measure of health-related quality of life for use among older adults: A comparison of candidate instruments

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 244-264

  Andresen, Elena M ^a,c   Rothenberg, Barbaram ^b   Panzer, Robert ^b   Katz, Paul ^a,b   McDermott, Michael P ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0031981613     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016327879802100206     Document Type: Article

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