The effect of age, race and gender on preference scores for hypothetical health states

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 645-653

  Wittenberg, Eve ^a,b   Halpern, Elkan ^a   Divi, Nomia ^a   Prosser, Lisa A ^b   Araki, Sally S ^c   Weeks, Jane C ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothetical health states; Preferences; Rater age race gender; Utilities; Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33744937556     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-3514-3     Document Type: Article

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