Social relationships as a major determinant in the valuation of health states

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-213

  Frick, Ulrich ^a,b   Irving, Hyacinth ^c   Rehm, Jürgen ^c,d,e  

^a CARINTHIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Economic life valuation; Methods; Quality of life; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84863625629     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9945-0     Document Type: Article

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