Gender differences in health-related quality of life of Australian chronically-ill adults: Patient and physician characteristics do matter

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a,b   Harris, Mark F ^a   Taggart, Jane ^a   Christl, Bettina ^a   Black, Deborah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental component score; Multilevel regression analysis; Patient and physician characteristics; Physical component score; Quality of life; SF 12 version 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84879085629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-102     Document Type: Article

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