Developing preference-based health measures: Using Rasch analysis to generate health state values

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 907-917

  Young, Tracey A ^a,b   Rowen, Donna ^a   Norquist, Josephine ^c   Brazier, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Flushing; Health states; Health related quality of life; Preference based measures of health; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957608346     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9646-0     Document Type: Article

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