Healthy-year equivalents in major joint replacement: Can patients provide meaningful responses?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 467-484

  Llewellyn Thomas, Hilary A ^a   Arshinoff, Rena ^b   Bell, Mary ^b   Williams, Jack Ivan ^b   Naylor, C David ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Arthroplasty; Quality adjusted life years

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; COMORBIDITY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHY YEAR EQUIVALENTS; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0036622963     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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