Population norms for the AQoL derived from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-16

  Hawthorne, Graeme ^a   Korn, Sam ^a   Richardson, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AQoL; Assessment of Quality of Life; benchmarks; evaluation; health related quality of life; population norm; utility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884227422     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12004     Document Type: Article

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