Outcomes of social care for adults: Developing a preference-weighted measure

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1-165

  Netten, A ^a   Burge, P ^c   Malley, J ^a,b   Potoglou, D ^c   Towers, A M ^a   Brazier, J ^d   Flynn, T ^e,f   Forder, J ^a,b   Wall, B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g Accent   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT SOCIAL CARE OUTCOME TOOLKIT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862534618     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta16160     Document Type: Article

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