The Measurement of Health and Health Status: Concepts, Methods and Applications from a Multidisciplinary Perspective

The Measurement of Health and Health Status: Concepts, Methods and Applications from a Multidisciplinary Perspective presents a unifying perspective on how to select the best measurement framework for any situation. Serving as a one-stop shop that unifies material currently available in various locations, this book illuminates the intuition behind each method, explaining how each method has special purposes, what developments are occurring, and how new combinations among methods might be relevant to specific situations. It especially emphasizes the measurement of health and health states (quality-of-life), giving significant attention to newly developed methods. By including online animations and data sets, the book introduces technically complex, new methods for both introductory and technically-proficient readers. Assumes that the best measure depends entirely on the situationCovers preference-based methods, classical test theory, and item response theoryFeatures illustrations and animations drawn from diverse fields and disciplines INDICE: PART I 1. Introduction 2. Health outcomes 3. Health summary measures PART II 4. Measurement 5. Construct and scales 6. Health status measurement 7. Validity 8. Reliability PART III 9. Classical test theory 10. Item response theory 11. Choice models 12. Valuation techniques 13. Clinimetrics PART IV 14. New developments 15. Synthesize & Perspective

• ISBN: 978-0-12-801504-9
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés