Estimating parametric relationships between health description and health valuation with an application to the EuroQol EQ-5D

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 551-571

  Busschbach, Jan J V ^a   McDonnell, Joseph ^a   Essink Bot, Marie Louise ^a   Van Hout, Ben A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; EuroQol; Health states

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; PATIENT CODING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032817901     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(99)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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