Associations between Health Status and Utilities Implications for Policy

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 479-489

  Lenert, Leslie A ^a,b   Treadwell, Jonathan R ^c   Schwartz, Carolyn E ^d,e  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FRONTIER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Cost effectiveness analysis; Depression; Health status; Prospect theory; Standard gamble; Utility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033125773     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199905000-00007     Document Type: Article

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