Are English- and Chinese-language versions of the SF-6D equivalent? a comparison from a population-based study

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1137-1148

  Wee, Hwee Lin ^a,b   Cheung, Yin Bun ^c   Fong, Kok Yong ^a,b   Luo, Nan ^a   MacHin, David ^c,d   Thumboo, Julian ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross cultural comparison; economics; health status indicators; medical; psychometrics; quality of life; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SINGAPORE;

EID: 4344574374     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(04)90186-5     Document Type: Article

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