Choosing Measures of Health Status for Individuals in General Populations

John E. Ware, Robert H. Brook, Allyson Ross Davies, Kathleen N. Lohr

ResearchPublished 1981

Offers suggestions to aid in the selection of appropriate instruments and data-gathering methods for studies that require measures of personal health status applicable in general populations. Suggestions are offered that may prove helpful in selecting appropriate instruments and data-gathering methods for studies that require health status measures. What is proposed is a "shopper's guide": not a catalog of specific measures or recommendations, but a list of things to think about while looking for health status measures. Important issues are noted, along with those the authors think have been overemphasized in the literature.

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Ware, John E., Robert H. Brook, Allyson Ross Davies, and Kathleen N. Lohr, Choosing Measures of Health Status for Individuals in General Populations, RAND Corporation, N-1642-HHS, 1981. As of September 12, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N1642.html
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Ware, John E., Robert H. Brook, Allyson Ross Davies, and Kathleen N. Lohr, Choosing Measures of Health Status for Individuals in General Populations. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1981. https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N1642.html. Also available in print form.
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