Gender differences in quality-adjusted survival using a Health-Utilities Index

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-82

  Kaplan, Robert M ^a   Erickson, Pennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Health status indicators; Health surveys; Life expectancy; Life tables; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033967670     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(99)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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