Underlying dimensions of the five health-related quality-of-life measures used in utility assessment: Evidence from the national health measurement study

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 718-725

  Cherepanov, Dasha ^a,b   Palta, Mari ^c,d   Fryback, Dennis G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Department of Population Health Sciences ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; factor analysis; health dimensions; health related quality of life; HUI2; HUI3; item response theory; patient reported outcomes; QWB SA; SF 6D

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEARING; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954959309     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181e35871     Document Type: Article

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