The measurement of disease

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 943-

  Merkies, I S J ^a,b,c   Hughes, Richard A C ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASCH ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; HOSPITALIZATION; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956646800     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.206409     Document Type: Editorial

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