Quality of life routine outcomes measurement: Lessons from experience in the USA and the UK

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 192-197

  Huxley, Peter ^a   Evans, Sherrill ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036661441     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00005716     Document Type: Article

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