Measuring health status using the Health Utilities Index: Agreement between raters and between modalities of administration

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 475-481

  Verrips, G H W ^a   Stuifbergen, M C ^a   Den Ouden, A L ^a   Bonsel, G J ^b   Gemke, R J B J ^c   Paneth, N ^d   Verloove Vanhorick, S P ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Children; Health status; Proxy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CUSTODY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035029676     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00317-6     Document Type: Article

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