Journal article
Utility approach to measuring health-related quality of life
Abstract
Quality of life is a broad concept that incorporates all aspects of an individual's existence. Health-related quality of life is a subset relating only to the health domain of that existence. The utility approach can be used to measure a single cardinal value, usually between 0 and 1, that reflects the health-related quality of life of the individual at a particular point in time. The utility approach is founded in modern utility theory, a …
Authors
Torrance GW
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 593–600
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 1987
DOI
10.1016/0021-9681(87)90019-1
ISSN
0895-4356