The use of hypothetical scenarios and importance weightings when measuring the impact of diabetes on quality of life. A response to Brose et al.

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1077-1079

  Speight, J ^a   Reaney, M D ^b   Barnard, K D ^c  

^a AHP Research   (United Kingdom)

^b PLO Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70349504550     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02853.x     Document Type: Letter

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