Deriving utility scores for co-morbid conditions: A test of the multiplicative model for combining individual condition scores

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Flanagan, William ^a   McIntosh, Cameron N ^a   Le Petit, Christel ^a   Berthelot, Jean Marie ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33750981248     PISSN: 14787954     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-4-13     Document Type: Article

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