Underestimation of uncertainties in health utilities derived from mapping algorithms involving health-related quality-of-life measures: Statistical explanations and potential remedies

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 863-872

  Chan, Kelvin K W ^a,b   Willan, Andrew R ^b   Gupta, Michael ^c   Pullenayegum, Eleanor ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

health utilities; mapping algorithms; variance estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84907664237     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X13517750     Document Type: Article

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