Health State Valuation in Iran: An Exercise on Cardiovascular Diseases Using Visual Analogue Scale Method

"nBackground: Disability Weights (DWs) are main components for computing summary measure of population health (SMPH) and economic studies. They are specific for each community, but there are no previous studies in Iran. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of health state valuatio...

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Main Authors: H Bakhshandeh, K Holakouie Naeini, H Zeraati, MH Forouzanfar, F Noohi, A Sadeghpour, A Alizadeh Diz, HR Sanati, F Abolhassani Shahreza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2009-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/14877.pdf&manuscript_id=14877