Reliability of the discrete choice experiment at the input and output level in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-158

  Skjoldborg, Ulla Slothuus ^a   Lauridsen, Jørgen ^b   Junker, Peter ^c  

^a University of Southern Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conjoint measurement; Discrete choice experiment; Reliability; Rheumatoid arthritis; TNF alpha inhibitor treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849149512     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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