An assessment of the impact of informative dropout and nonresponse in measuring health-related quality of life using the EuroQol (EQ-5D) descriptive system

Value in Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Ratcliffe, Julie ^a   Young, Tracey ^b   Longworth, Louise ^b   Buxton, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Informative dropout; Liver transplantation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 14344249990     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2005.03068.x     Document Type: Article

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