A comparison of the discriminative and evaluative properties of the SF-36 and the SF-6D index

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1477-1486

  Mutebi, Alex ^a   Brazier, John E ^b   Walters, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discriminative; Evaluative; RV; SF 36; SF 6D; SRM

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857086932     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9881-z     Document Type: Article

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