Preferences and person trade-offs: Forcing consistency or inconsistency in health-related quality of life measures?

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-198

  Mansley, Edward C ^a   Elbasha, Elamin H ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Burden of disease assessment; Disability adjusted life years (DALYs); Health related quality of life (HRQOL) measurement; Person trade off (PTO); Quality adjusted life years (QALYs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0037338949     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.707     Document Type: Article

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