The EuroQol Group after 25 years / by Richard Brooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, Richard, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Medicine--Research.

Biomedicine, general.

Quality of Life Research.

Local Subjects:

Biomedicine, general.

Quality of Life Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 288 pages)

Edition:

First edition 2013.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

The EuroQol Group first met in Rotterdam in May 1987 determined to develop a standardised non-disease-specific instrument for valuing health-related quality of life. The book traces the activities of the Group over the next 25 years. The instrument constructed, eventually named the EQ-5D, was translated into many languages and used in a wide range of countries and settings. The book describes how the instrument's descriptive system was determined, how translation and language issues were handled, and how valuations were provided. Recent developments, in particular a 5-level version (EQ-5D-5L), and a youth version (EQ-5D-Y) are covered. The history of the institutional and administrative framework within which the Group operated is also treated.

Contents:

Preface

1 Introduction

2 The early years

3 Descriptive system

4 Translation, language and semantic issues

5 Valuation

6 Applications

7 EuroQol organisation and administration

8 Research, product development and the work of the Task Forces

9 The future

References

Appendices

Index.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-94-007-5158-3

9789400751583

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