Improving the measurement of QALYs in dementia: Developing patient- and carer-reported health state classification systems using Rasch analysis

Value in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-333

  Mulhern, Brendan ^a   Smith, Sarah C ^b   Rowen, Donna ^a   Brazier, John E ^a   Knapp, Martin ^c,d   Lamping, Donna L ^b   Loftus, Vanessa ^d   Young, Tracey A ^a   Howard, Robert J ^d   Banerjee, Sube ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; health states; health related quality of life; preference based measures of health; quality adjusted life years; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RASCH ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CLASSIFICATION; DEMENTIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84863337889     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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