Racial and ethnic differences in preference-based health status measure

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2439-2448

  Fu, Alex Z ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Ethnicity; Health related quality of life; Medical decision making; Minority; Racial difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEGRO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33845966022     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X148391     Document Type: Conference Paper

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