Conceptualization and Measurement of Health for Adults in the Health Insurance Study

Vol. I, Model of Health and Methodology

John E. Ware, Robert H. Brook, Allyson Ross Davies, Kathleen N. Williams, Anita Stewart, William H. Rogers, Cathy A. Donald, Shawn A. Johnston

ResearchPublished 1980

First in a series reviewing published literature and documenting conceptualization and construction of health status measures used in the Health Insurance Study (HIS). The volume includes considerable detail on the methods used to select and enroll the HIS sample and collect health status questionnaire data. Multitrait (modified Likert) and Guttman scaling techniques assured that HIS batteries satisfied assumptions of each scaling method. Internal-consistency, test-retest, and reproducibility methods permitted evaluation of measurement reliability. Analyses of face and content validity were a first step in validation. Construct validation relied on theory and empirical evidence about relationships among measures. Study methods discussed here are not presented in other volumes.

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Ware, John E., Robert H. Brook, Allyson Ross Davies, Kathleen N. Williams, Anita Stewart, William H. Rogers, Cathy A. Donald, and Shawn A. Johnston, Conceptualization and Measurement of Health for Adults in the Health Insurance Study: Vol. I, Model of Health and Methodology, RAND Corporation, R-1987/1-HEW, 1980. As of September 10, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1987z1.html
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Ware, John E., Robert H. Brook, Allyson Ross Davies, Kathleen N. Williams, Anita Stewart, William H. Rogers, Cathy A. Donald, and Shawn A. Johnston, Conceptualization and Measurement of Health for Adults in the Health Insurance Study: Vol. I, Model of Health and Methodology. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1980. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1987z1.html. Also available in print form.
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