Feasibility and reliability of the annual profile method for deriving QALYs for short-term health conditions

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 500-510

  Janssen, Mathieu F ^a   Birnie, Erwin ^a,b   Bonsel, Gouke ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health status; Methodology; Quality adjusted life years; Reliability; Utility measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 47249165167     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07312711     Document Type: Article

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