Psychometric evaluation of the SF-36® health survey in medicare managed care

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 5-25

  Gandek, Barbara ^a,d   Sinclair, Samuel J ^b   Kosinski, Mark ^c   Ware Jr , John E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Health Assessment Lab   (United States)

^c QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

^d Health Assessment Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444344272     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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