Testing for differential item functioning within the EQ-5D

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 252-260

  Whynes, David K ^a   Sprigg, Nikola ^c   Selby, James ^b   Berge, Eivind ^d   Bath, Philip M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; health state preferences, utilities, and valuations; measurement in clinical trials; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE;

EID: 84874477956     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X12465016     Document Type: Article

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