Understanding health state valuations: A qualitative analysis of respondents' comments

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1265-1277

  Devlin, Nancy J ^a   Hansen, Paul ^b   Selai, Caroline ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Health state valuation; Qualitative research; VAS

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 4344678924     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000037495.00959.9b     Document Type: Article

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