Analysis of SF-6D index data: Is beta regression appropriate?

Value in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 759-767

  Hunger, Matthias ^a   Baumert, Jens ^a   Holle, Rolf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

beta regression; dispersion covariates; health related quality of life; heteroscedasticity; SF 6D

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SF 6D INDEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052507909     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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