Impact of educational level on health-related quality of life (HRQL): Results from Germany based on the EuroQol 5D (EQ-5D)

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-50

  Mielck, Andreas ^a   Reitmeir, Peter ^a   Vogelmann, Martin ^b   Leidl, Reiner ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Wort and Bild Verlag Konradshöhe GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84867549881     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr206     Document Type: Article

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