Quality of life of Australian chronically-ill adults: Patient and practice characteristics matter

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a   Proudfoot, Judith ^a   Barton, Christopher A ^b   Amoroso, Cheryl ^a   Holton, Chris ^b   Davies, Gawaine Powell ^a   Beilby, Justin ^b   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SOCIAL STATUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67649834481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-7-50     Document Type: Article

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