Using the U.S. Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System’s Health Related Quality of Life Survey Tool in a Canadian City

As responsibility for health funding shifts from central to local governments, providers find themselves in decision-making roles or asked to give guidance in allocation of resources. To develop a picture of a population’s health, data are needed about the effects that illness and disability have on a person’s ability to function and thus on quality of life. This study assessed the validity in a Canadian city, of a Health-related Quality of …