Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) associated with limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) in a large longitudinal sample of the U.S. community-dwelling older population

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 699-705

  Jia, Haomiao ^a   Lubetkin, Erica I ^b   DeMichele, Kimberly ^c   Stark, Debra S ^c   Zack, Matthew M ^d   Thompson, William W ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADLs); Health related quality of life (HRQOL); Mortality; Quality adjusted life year (QALY)

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DWELLING PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; WALKING; DISABLED PERSON; INDEPENDENT LIVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MEDICARE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85066311833     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: 18767583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2019.05.003     Document Type: Article

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