Validity of the EuroQoL (EQ-5D) instrument in a Greek general population

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1162-1169

  Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^a   Pappa, Evelina ^a   Niakas, Dimitris ^a   Yfantopoulos, John ^b   Dimitrakaki, Christina ^c   Tountas, Yannis ^c  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b National Center for Social Research   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Construct validity; EQ 5D; Greece; Health related quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 53749091416     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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