The EuroQol Instrument; The descriptive system of the EuroQol Instrument; The number of levels in the descriptive system; First steps to assessing semantic equivalence of the EuroQol Instrument: Results of a questionnaire survey to members of the EuroQol Group; Comparing general health related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaires; EuroQol, Sickness Impact Profile and Rosser Index; Influence of self-rated health and related variables on EuroQol-valuation of health states in a Spanish population; Observations on one hundred students filling in the EuroQol questionnaire
Summary
The EuroQol Group is an international, cross-disciplinary group set up in 1987 to investigate issues related to the valuation of health. This book presents a series of papers from the early 1990s that illustrate the aspects of the development of EQ-5D including: the descriptive system, self-rated health, valuation issues, and semantic issues