Clinicians and policymakers are recognizing the importance of measuring health-related
quality of life (HRQL) to inform patient management and policy decisions. Self-or interviewer …

In this article, multi-attribute approaches to the assessment of health status are reviewed
with a special focus on 2 recently developed systems, the Health Utilities Index (HUI) Mark II …

This new edition of the book will be produced in two versions. The textbook will include a CD-
Rom with two videotaped lectures by the authors. This book translates biostatistics in the …

Although there has been tremendous progress in our understanding of disease and in
interventions to restore health, many physicians have lost sight of their personal well-being …

This book describes the background, discussions, proceedings, and prospects of three
consultations held by the Statistics Netherlands office under the aegis of the World Health …

Untreated pain is a major health care issue and very little is known about the treatment of
pain and the effect of pain on post-operative outcomes in older adults. This study was …

The use of proxy raters of patients' quality of life has been suggested as a means of
facilitating the factoring of quality-of-life considerations explicitly into the medical decision …

Objective: The purposes of the study were 1) to characterize the quality of life of three patient
groups with chronic mental illness, 2) to evaluate differences in reported life quality among …

One of the reasons behind the rapid development of quality of life measures in health care
has been the growing recognition of the importance of understanding the impact of …

Modern medicine has made significant progress in screening, diagnosis, and treatment, but
the objectives of treatment have been a subject of debate. The question “Should the focus …