Preference based assessment of the quality of life of disabled persons

Technology and Disability

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 119-124

  Persson, Jan ^a   Andrich, Renzo ^a   Van Beekum, Taeke ^a   Brodin, Hakan ^a   Lorentsen, Oivind ^a   Wessels, Roelof ^a   De Witte, Luc ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MOBILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TECHNICAL AID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WALKING AID;

EID: 0036409695     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-2002-14307     Document Type: Article

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