Health state utilities: A framework for studying the gap between the imagined and the real

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-87

  Stiggelbout, Anne M ^a   De Vogel Voogt, Elsbeth ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Outcome; Quality of life; Utility assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 38549150707     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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