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    Quality of life assessments and levels of decision making: differentiating objectives (1993)
    Springer
    Quality of life research 2 (1993), S. 297-303 
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    ISSN: 1573-2649
    Keywords: Decision making ; preferences ; health profiles ; utility measurement ; quality of life
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine uses of quality of life (QOL) measurements at different levels of decision making within the health care system, ranging from the micro (clinical) level, through the meso (agency, institutional or regional) level to the macro and meta (governmental) levels. We use individualized, group and population-based QOL and preference assessments as illustrative examples of ways in which QOL information and decision making level interact. We conclude that the meso and macro levels pose particularly challenging problems, and suggest that, if the primary emphasis is placed on applications of QOL assessments at the micro (clinical) level of decision making, a research agenda that is much too limited may be adopted.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00434801
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    Opinion polling and decision making: a critical appraisal of quality of life assessment (1994)
    Springer
    Quality of life research 3 (1994), S. 155-162 
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    ISSN: 1573-2649
    Keywords: Decision making ; opinion polling ; quality of life
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The relationship between quality of life (QOL) assessments and decision making, in relation to the delivery of health services, is subjected to critical appraisal. Three levels of decision making in the health care system are taken into account in the analysis. Criticisms of opinion polling provide the basis for the appraisal. Examples of criticisms considered are: Might the use of QOL information be manipulative? Could the interviews or questionnaires used to obtain QOL data influence personal opinions? Are the methods used sometimes defective and/or superficial? Will QOL information always be used in decision making in ways that are ascertainable and justifiable? It is concluded that the time has come for the main focus of critical appraisal in QOL research to shift, from an emphasis on evaluation of the quality of methods used for assessments of QOL, toward an emphasis on the practical usefulness of QOL data.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00435258
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