Quality of life and technology assessment / / Frederick Mosteller and Jennifer Falotico-Taylor, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (132 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.029
• Soggetto topico: Medical technology; Quality of life
• Altri autori: MostellerFrederick <1916-2006.> Falotico-TaylorJennifer
• Note generali: "Institute of medicine."
• Nota di contenuto: ""Quality of Life and Technology Assessment""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Conceptual Background and Issues in Quality of Life""; ""CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND""; ""A Continuum of Health-Related Measures""; ""Health Status""; ""Quality-of-Life Measures""; ""ISSUES RELATING TO SELECTING HEALTH AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Use of Quality-of-Life Measures in Technology Assessment""; ""LITERATURE REVIEWS""; ""Study Design""; ""Not Reinventing the Wheel""; ""THE VALUE OF ASSESSING QUALITY OF LIFE AS AN OUTCOME""; ""Work Status"" ; ""DIAGNOSISâ€?AN OPEN PROBLEM""""ROLES OF THE EXAMPLES""; ""TWELVE APPLICATIONS OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES TO TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""Study 1. Antihypertensive Medications""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 2. Arthritis Medications""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 3. Adjuvant Chemotherapy""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions"" ; ""Comments""""Study 4. Alternative Chemotherapy Regimens in Advanced Breast Cancer""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 5. Counseling for Stage IV Cancer""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 6. Surgery for Breast Cancer""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments"" ; ""Study 7. Cardiac Transplant and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery""""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 8. Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 9. Long-term Dialysis and Renal Transplant""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 10. Renal Transplantation and Dialysis""; ""Key"" ; ""Description of Measures""""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 11. Case Management and Usual and Customary Services for Chronically Mentally Ill Patients""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""Study 12. Health Insurance Payment Mechanisms""; ""Key""; ""Description of Measures""; ""Purpose of the Study""; ""Methods""; ""Results and Conclusions""; ""Comments""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Quality-of-Life Measures in Liver Transplantation"" ; ""QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES""
• Titolo autorizzato: Quality of life and technology assessment
• ISBN: 1-280-21419-8; 9786610214198; 0-309-58220-2; 0-585-15403-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828355203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Monograph of the Council on Health Care Technology.