Obtaining disability weights in rural Burkina Faso using a culturally adapted visual analogue scale

Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-163

  Baltussen, R M P M ^a,b,c   Sanon, M ^b   Sommerfeld, J ^a   Wurthwein R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Cross cultural adaptation; DALY; Disability weights; Valuation methods

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURKINA FASO; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL VALUES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0036200027     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.658     Document Type: Article

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