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Kaplan, Robert M.; Anderson, John P.; Kaplan, Cameron M. – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Purpose: To describe the development of a model for estimating the effects of tobacco use upon Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) and to estimate the impact of tobacco use on health outcomes for the United States (US) population using the model. Method: We obtained estimates of tobacco consumption from 6 years of the National Health Interview…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Conditions, Quality of Life, Models
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Rahtz, Don R.; Sirgy, M. Joseph; Lee, Dong-Jin – Social Indicators Research, 2004
This paper extends and further validates the quality-of-life/community-healthcare model and measures developed by Rahtz and Sirgy (2000). The quality of life (QOL) model is based on the theoretical notion that community residents' satisfaction with healthcare services available within their community affects community quality of life and life…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, Access to Health Care
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Young, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: Changes in residential accommodation models for adults with intellectual disability (ID) over the last 20 years in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have involved relocation from institutions primarily into dispersed homes in the community. But an evolving alternative service style is the cluster centre. Methods: This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Moderate Mental Retardation, Residential Institutions