Health-Related Quality-of-Life assessments in diverse population groups in the United States

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 9 SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages

  Stewart, Anita L ^a,b,c   Nápoles Springer, Anna ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ctr for Aging in Diverse Comm   (United States)

^c Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Culture; Ethnicity; Gender; Health surveys; Measurement; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AWARENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034268666     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200009002-00017     Document Type: Article

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