Predicting utility ratings for joint health states from single health states in prostate cancer: Empirical testing of 3 alternative theories

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-112

  Dale, William ^a   Basu, Anirban ^b   Elstein, Arthur ^c   Meltzer, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Section of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Health states; Joint states; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Utilities

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

AGED; CHICAGO; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 38349131636     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07309639     Document Type: Article

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