Assisted self-report of health-services use showed excellent reliability in a longitudinal study of older adults

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1040-1045

  Dubois, Marie France ^a,b   Raîche, Michel ^b   Hébert, Réjean ^a,b   Gueye, N'Deye Rokhaya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health services use; Interinterviewer; Reliability; Self report; Test retest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34548640322     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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