The accuracy of self-reported healthcare resource utilization in health economic studies

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 705-710

  Petrou, Stavros ^a   Murray, Lynne ^b   Cooper, Peter ^b   Davidson, Leslie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Health economics; Resource utilization; Self report

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL RECALL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SELF DISCLOSURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036622748     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646230200051X     Document Type: Article

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