Integrating health profile with survival for quality of life assessment

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Hwang, Jing Shiang ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health profile; Monte Carlo method; Quality adjusted life year; Quality adjusted survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL; THAILAND;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 1542345598     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000015299.45623.38     Document Type: Article

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