Utility weights for the vision-related assessment of quality of life (AQoL)-7D instrument

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-182

  Richardson, Jeff ^a   Iezzi, Angelo ^a   Peacock, Stuart ^b,c   Sinha, Kompal ^a   Khan, Munir ^a   Misajon, Roseanne ^a   Keeffe, Jill ^d,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control ARCC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

AQoL; Cost utility analysis; Economic evaluation; Quality of life; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; VISION RELATED ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE 6D INSTRUMENT; VISION RELATED ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE 7D INSTRUMENT; VISION RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VICTORIA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860880496     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.674613     Document Type: Article

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