Evaluating patients' health using a hierarchical multi-attribute decision model

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1646-1654

  Sustersic O ^a   Rajkovic U ^b   Dinevski, D ^b   Jereb, E ^b   Rajkovič, Vladislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Basic living activities; Decision support systems; Health care; Multi criteria decision aid; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIC LIVING ACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER MODEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION TREE; DOCUMENTATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HIERARCHICAL MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MODEL; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SLOVENIA;

EID: 70449644681     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700544     Document Type: Article

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