A comparison of response error by adolescents and adults: Findings from a health care study

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 374-382

  Mathiowetz, Nancy A ^a   Dipko, Sarah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Data quality; Differential measurement error; Health care utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECALL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0034167151     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200004000-00004     Document Type: Article

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