Health state descriptions: Purposes, issues, a proposal

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Llewellyn Thomas, Hilary A ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Health state assessment; Standardization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARD;

GUIDELINES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 20244367891     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199601001-00001     Document Type: Article

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