Abstract:
:The concept of validity as it applies to measures of health and health status is examined in the context of a set of standard, widely accepted definitions of validity. Criterion validity is shown to be irrelevant to health status measures because of the lack of a single specific, directly observable measure of health for use as a criterion. To overcome this problem, the Index of Well-being has been constructed to fulfill the definition of content validity by including all levels of function and symptom/problem complexes, a clearly defined relation to the death state, and consumer ratings of the relative desirability of the function levels. Data from a two-wave household interview survey provide convergent evidence of construct validity by demonstrating an expected positive correlation of the Index of Well-being with self-rated well-being and expected negative correlations with age, number of chronic medical conditions, number of reported symptoms or problems, number of physician contacts, and dysfunctional status. Discriminant evidence of construct validity is demonstrated by predicted differences in correlation between concurrent Index of Well-being scores and self-assessed overall health status, and between the Index of Well-being scores and self-rated well-being on different days. A simple method of estimating a currently usable comprehensive population index of health status, the Weighted Life Expectancy, is described.
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Health Serv Resjournal_title
Health services researchauthors
Kaplan RM,Bush JW,Berry CCkeywords:
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1976-01-01 00:00:00pages
478-507issue
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0017-9124issn
1475-6773journal_volume
11pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine whether nurse practitioner (NP)-assigned patients exhibited differences in utilization, costs, and clinical outcomes compared to medical doctor (MD)-assigned patients. DATA SOURCES:Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data capturing characteristics, outcomes, and provider assignments of 806 434 VA...
journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13246
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12035
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12411
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13621
更新日期:2021-01-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12006
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12739
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01160.x
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01115.x
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1985-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13105
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00967.x
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13571
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13050
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01321.x
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1990-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
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更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12528
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00981.x
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12994
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Health services research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12196
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12193
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00