Analysis of health-related quality of life (HRQL), its distribution, and its distribution by income in Japan, 1989 and 1998

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1423-1433

  Asada, Yukiko ^a   Ohkusa, Yasushi ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health and Activity Limitation Index (HALex); Health inequality; Health related quality of life (HRQL); Japan; Population health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELFARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 3042840609     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.025     Document Type: Article

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