Health status assessment methods for adults: Past accomplishments and future challenges

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue , 1999, Pages 309-335

  McHorney, Colleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status applications; Measurement precision; Methodological considerations; Quality of life assessment; Selection of measures

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032976517     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.20.1.309     Document Type: Review

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