Comparison of Finnish and U.S.-based visual analog scale valuations of the EQ-5D measure

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-289

  Johnson, Jeffrey A ^a,c   Ohinmaa, Arto ^b   Murti, Bhisma ^c   Sintonen, Harri ^d   Coons, Stephen Joel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Health status; Health related quality of life; Valuations; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033912242     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X0002000304     Document Type: Article

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