Quantifying the effect of health status on health care utilization using a preference-based health measure

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 515-524

  Lima, Viviane Dias ^a   Kopec, Jacek A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health services; Health status; Statistical models; Utilities

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 8644250409     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.05.024     Document Type: Article

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