Proxies and other external raters: Methodological considerations

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5 II, 2005, Pages 1676-1693

  Snow, A Lynn ^a,b,c,d   Cook, Karon F ^e   Lin, Pay Shin ^f   Morgan, Robert O ^b,d   Magaziner, Jay ^g  

^a Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Education   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Proxy; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 26444466108     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00447.x     Document Type: Review

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