Commentary - Goodbye M(C)ID! hello MID, where do you come from?

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 593-597

  Schunemann, Holger J ^a,b,c   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIENCE; MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; MINIMAL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; NOTE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16344394276     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.0k375.x     Document Type: Note

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