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| S MacranSummaryAffiliation: University of York Country: UK Publications
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Measuring population health: a comparison of three generic health status measuresSusan Macran
Outcomes Research Group, Centre for Health Economics, Alcuin College, University of York, Heslington, United Kingdom
Med Care 41:218-31. 2003..The relative performance of three widely used generic health status measures (EQ-5D, a modified HUI3 [mHUI3], and SF-12) was compared within a general population sample...
"Death" and the valuation of health-related quality of lifeS Macran
Center for Health Economics, University of York, Helsington, York, United Kingdom
Med Care 39:217-27. 2001..The authors stress the need for more systematic inquiry in this field...
The development of a new measure of quality of life in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: the Reflux questionnaireSusan Macran
Outcomes Research Group, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
Qual Life Res 16:331-43. 2007..This is a large UK multi centre trial that aims to compare the clinical and cost effectiveness of minimal access surgery with best medical treatment for patients with GORD within the NHS...
Evaluating podiatry services: testing a treatment specific measure of health statusS Macran
Health Outcomes Group, Centrefor Health Economics, Alcuin College, University of York, Heslington, UK
Qual Life Res 12:177-88. 2003..It is suggested that the respondent completed PHQ appears to be a useful new measure for assessing foot-related health. However, further investigation of the psychometric properties of the measure is required...
Eliciting social preference weights for Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung health statesPaul Kind
Outcomes Research Group, Centre for Health Economics, Alcuin College, University of York, UK
Pharmacoeconomics 23:1143-53. 2005..The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L) is a multidimensional measure of quality of life developed for use in the evaluation of interventions in lung cancer...
A "new and improved" EQ-5D valuation questionnaire? Results from a pilot studyNancy Devlin
City Health Economics Centre, Department of Economics, City University, Northhampton Square, London EC1 VOHB, UK
Eur J Health Econ 6:73-82. 2005..Mean re-scaled values for the health states remained virtually identical. The results suggest that scoring is a better way of eliciting self-completed valuations than scaling...
The development of a new measure of quality of life for children with congenital cardiac diseaseSusan Macran
Outcomes Research Group, Centre for Health Economics, United Kingdom
Cardiol Young 16:165-72. 2006..Initial findings suggest that it is a valid and reliable instrument, is acceptable to respondents, and is simple to administer in both a research and clinical context...
