Measurement of the quality of life for economic evaluation and the assessment of quality of life (AQoL) mark 2 instrument

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-88

  Richardson, Jeff ^a   Day, Neil Atherton ^b   Peacock, Stuart ^a   Iezzi, Angelo ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2042426316     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2004.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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