Assessing health-related quality of life with the EQ-5D: Is this the best instrument to assess trauma outcomes?

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 258-263

  Galvagno Jr , Samuel M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTENT VALIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EQ 5D; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053022248     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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