Using the health assessment questionnaire to estimate preference-based single indices in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 963-971

  Bansback, Nick ^a,b   Marra, Carlo ^c   Tsuchiya, Aki ^b   Anis, Aslam ^c   Guh, Daphne ^a   Hammond, Tony ^d   Brazier, John ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics; Quality adjusted life years; Rheumatoid arthritis; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 34547804670     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22885     Document Type: Article

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