Comparison of different valuation methods for population health status measured by the EQ-5D in three European Countries

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 750-758

  Bernert, Sebastian ^a   Fernández, Ana ^b   Haro, Josep Maria ^b   König, Hans Helmut ^a   Alonso, Jordi ^c   Vilagut, Gemma ^c   Sevilla Dedieu, Christine ^d   De Graaf, Ron ^e   Matschinger, Herbert ^a   Heider, Dirk ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d Fondation MGEN Pour la Sante Publique   (France)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^f Center for Public Mental Health   (Austria)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Cross national; EQ 5D; Health states

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE 5 DIMENSIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SPAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; VALUE OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649970751     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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