Inconsistencies in TTO and VAS values for EQ-5D health states

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-181

  Lamers, Leida M ^a   Stalmeier, Peep F M ^b   Krabbe, Paul F M ^b   Busschbach, Jan J V ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders VISPD   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Logical inconsistencies; Time trade off; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE 5D; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF CARE; TIME TRADE OFF; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33646741741     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X06286480     Document Type: Article

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