Gender differences in multiple underlying dimensions of health-related quality of life are associated with sociodemographic and socioeconomic status

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1021-1030

  Cherepanov, Dasha ^a,b   Palta, Mari ^c,d   Fryback, Dennis G ^d   Robert, Stephanie A ^d,e   Hays, Ron D ^a   Kaplan, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; gender differences; health dimensions; health related quality of life; HUI2; HUI3; patient reported outcomes; QWB SA; SF 6D; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054900168     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822ebed9     Document Type: Article

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