Assessing and understanding measurement equivalence in health outcome measures: Issues for further quantitative and qualitative inquiry

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 11 SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  McHorney, Colleen A ^a   Fleishman, John A ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 33750306922     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000245451.67862.57     Document Type: Review

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