Working with children to develop dimensions for a preference-based, generic, pediatric, health-related quality-of-life measure

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-351

  Stevens, Katherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Determinants of; Health; Health outcomes; Quality of life; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PEDIATRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 76649107338     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309358328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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