Deriving utility scores from the SF-36 health instrument using Rasch analysis

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1183-1193

  Hawthorne, Graeme ^a,b   Densley, Konstancja ^b   Pallant, Julie F ^c   Mortimer, Duncan ^d   Segal, Leonie ^e  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

AQoL; Cost utility analysis; Health services research; Item response theory; Quality of life; Rasch analysis; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASCH ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 54849434812     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9395-5     Document Type: Article

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