Updated U.S. population standard for the Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey (VR-12)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-52

  Selim, Alfredo J ^a,b,c,d   Rogers, William ^a,e   Fleishman, John A ^f   Qian, Shirley X ^a   Fincke, Benjamin G ^a,b,d   Rothendler, James A ^a,b   Kazis, Lewis E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Standard based scoring; Veterans; Veterans RAND 12 item Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 59449090266     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9418-2     Document Type: Article

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