The EQ-5D and the Health Utilities Index for permanent sequelae after meningitis: A head-to-head comparison

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 791-799

  Oostenbrink, Rianne ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Essink Bot, Marie Louise ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; EQ 5D; Health status; Health Utilities Index; Quality weights

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COGNITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ADULT; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036697751     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00448-1     Document Type: Article

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