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Quality of Life and Technology Assessment.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, Institute of Medicine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1989.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Quality of Life and Technology Assessment
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1 Conceptual Background and Issues in Quality of Life
  • CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND
  • A Continuum of Health-Related Measures
  • Health Status
  • Quality-of-Life Measures
  • ISSUES RELATING TO SELECTING HEALTH AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES
  • REFERENCES
  • 2 The Use of Quality-of-Life Measures in Technology Assessment
  • LITERATURE REVIEWS
  • Study Design
  • Not Reinventing the Wheel
  • THE VALUE OF ASSESSING QUALITY OF LIFE AS AN OUTCOME
  • Work Status
  • DIAGNOSISâ€?AN OPEN PROBLEMROLES OF THE EXAMPLES
  • TWELVE APPLICATIONS OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES TO TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
  • Study 1. Antihypertensive Medications
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 2. Arthritis Medications
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 3. Adjuvant Chemotherapy
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • CommentsStudy 4. Alternative Chemotherapy Regimens in Advanced Breast Cancer
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 5. Counseling for Stage IV Cancer
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 6. Surgery for Breast Cancer
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 7. Cardiac Transplant and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft SurgeryKey
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 8. Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 9. Long-term Dialysis and Renal Transplant
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 10. Renal Transplantation and Dialysis
  • Key
  • Description of MeasuresPurpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 11. Case Management and Usual and Customary Services for Chronically Mentally Ill Patients
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • Study 12. Health Insurance Payment Mechanisms
  • Key
  • Description of Measures
  • Purpose of the Study
  • Methods
  • Results and Conclusions
  • Comments
  • REFERENCES
  • 3 Quality-of-Life Measures in Liver Transplantation