Separating gains and losses in health when calculating the minimum important difference for mapped utility measures

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 955-961

  Nichol, Michael B ^a   Epstein, Joshua D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum important difference; Preference based measures; Quality adjusted life year; SF 6D; Utility; Utility mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48449091846     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9369-7     Document Type: Article

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