A single European currency for EQ-5D health states: Results from a six-country study

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-231

  Greiner, Wolfgang ^j   Weijnen, Tom ^a   Nieuwenhuizen, Martin ^a   Oppe, Siem ^a   Badia, Xavier ^b   Busschbach, Jan ^k   Buxton, Martin ^c   Dolan, Paul ^d   Kind, Paul ^k   Krabbe, Paul ^e   Ohinmaa, Arto ^f   Parkin, David ^g   Roset, Montserat ^b   Sintonen, Harri ^h   Tsuchiya, Aki ⁱ   De Charro, Frank ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Walgreens Health Services   (Spain)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^j LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

EQ 5D; Health status index Visual analogue scale; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0141927377     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-003-0182-5     Document Type: Review

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