Health status assessments using the Veterans SF-12 and SF-36: methods for evaluating outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration.
This article describes a study in which the administration of two health surveys, the Veterans SF-36 and SF-12, by telephone and mail-out was used to assess the differences in the health surveys' costs and scores by mode of administration and determine which mode was cost-efficient. The study employ...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ambulatory Care Management Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 68 - 87 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Jul2001
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