Validity and interpretation of preference-based measures of health-related quality of life

Medical Care

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

  Lenert, Leslie ^a,b   Kaplan, Robert M ^c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health surveys; Psychometrics; Quality adjusted life years; Questionnaires; Standard gamble; Time tradeoff; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034269169     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200009002-00021     Document Type: Article

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