Commentary on: A psychometric analysis of the measurement level of the rating scale, time trade-off, and standard gamble, by Cook et al.

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 895-897

  Hawthorne, Graeme ^a   Osborne, Richard H ^c   Elliott, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOTE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0037307425     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00077-1     Document Type: Note

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