Comparison of trends in US health-related quality of life over the 2000s using the SF-6D, HALex, EQ-5D, and EQ-5D visual analog scale versus a broader set of symptoms and impairments

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1010-1016

  Stewart, Susan T ^a   Cutler, David M ^a,b,c   Rosen, Allison B ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health measurement; Health monitoring; Health status; Health trends; Health related quality of life; Population health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROQOL 5D; HEALTH AND ACTIVITY LIMITATIONS INDEX; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 6D; SURVEY BASED SYMPTOM IMPAIRMENT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84916596736     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000181     Document Type: Article

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