Reports of fewer activity limitations: Recovery, survey fatigue, or switching respondent?

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Hill, Steven C ^a   Pylypchuk, Yuriy ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Functional status; Health trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646776439     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000208199.13219.8b     Document Type: Article

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