The EuroQol Group after 25 years

• Main Author: Brooks, Richard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Quality of Life Research.

The EuroQol Group first met in Rotterdam in May 1987 determined to develop a standardised non-disease-specific instrument for valuing health-related quality of life. The book traces the activities of the Group over the next 25 years. The instrument constructed, eventually named the EQ-5D, was transl...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The early years
• 3 Descriptive system
• 4 Translation, language and semantic issues
• 5 Valuation
• 6 Applications
• 7 EuroQol organisation and administration
• 8 Research, product development and the work of the Task Forces
• 9 The future
• References
• Appendices
• Index.