Accounting for deaths in longitudinal studies using the SF-36 the performance of the physical component scale of the short form 36-item health survey and the PCTD

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1065-1073

  Diehr, Paula ^a   Patrick, Donald L ^a   Mcdonell, Mary B ^b   Fihn, Stephan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA Puget Sound Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Health status; Health related quality of life; Longitudinal; QALY; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141431001     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000083748.86769.A9     Document Type: Article

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