Do established health-related quality-of-life measures adequately capture the impact of chronic conditions on subjective well-being?

Health Policy

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-95

  Böckerman, Petri ^a   Johansson, Edvard ^b   Saarni, Samuli I ^c  

^a LABOUR INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

15D; EQ 5D; Health related quality of life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

15D; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALLERGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CATARACT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENTERITIS; EQ 5D; FINLAND; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MIGRAINE; NEOPLASM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; STROKE; SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING; TINNITUS; URINE INCONTINENCE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 79952603459     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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