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The Index of Health-related Quality of Life (IHQL): a new tool for audit and cost-per-QALY analysis

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Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s

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Measurement of health-related quality of life is complex1 and it raises many difficult philosophical questions4. Its role in informing NHS policy planners has become one of fundamental importance11 yet the choice of instruments is very limited3.

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  1. Rachel Rosser
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Welsh School of Pharmacy, University of Wales College, Cardiff, UK

    Stuart R. Walker (Director of the Centre for Medicines Research, Carshalton, and Honorary Professor) (Director of the Centre for Medicines Research, Carshalton, and Honorary Professor)

  2. University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London University, London, UK

    Rachel M. Rosser (Professor of Psychiatry and Head of Department) (Professor of Psychiatry and Head of Department)

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Rosser, R., Allison, R., Butler, C., Cottee, M., Rabin, R., Selai, C. (1993). The Index of Health-related Quality of Life (IHQL): a new tool for audit and cost-per-QALY analysis. In: Walker, S.R., Rosser, R.M. (eds) Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2988-6_8

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