Regression estimators for generic health-related quality of life and quality-adjusted life years

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-69

  Basu, Anirban ^a,b   Manca, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Beta distribution; QALYs; quality of life; quasi likelihood; regression

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856598454     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11416988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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