MARCH-APRIL 2001, VOLUME 18, No 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE
Part I of II

GUEST EDITOR
J. Yfantopoulos

editorial

The "social" quality of life
J. Yfantopoulos
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reviews

Quality of life and QALYs in the measurement of health
J. Yfantopoulos
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Uses and applications of health-related quality of life measures.
The state of play in Spain
M. Roset, M. Herdman, X. Badia, E. Baró
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original papers

Alberta-based SF-12 summary scores
J.A. Johnson, A.S. Pickard
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Socio-economic evaluation of kidney transplantation in Germany
W. Greiner, K. Obermann, J.-M. Graf v.d Schulenburg
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Comparing properties of the 15D and the EQ-5D in measuring health-related quality of life
H. Sintonen
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Pain as an outcome measure in various anesthesia and analgesia techniques
C. Athanasiadis, A. Christodoulopoulou, A. Karokis, S. Papaspyrou, G. Pierrakos, J. Yfantopoulos
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Inequalities in health status and inequity in the delivery of health care in Hungary
Á. Szende, L. Molnár
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technical paper

The Greek version of the EuroQol (EQ-5D) instrument
J. Yfantopoulos
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continuing medical education

Principles of critical appraisal in evidence-based medicine
P.A. Skapinakis, N. Stimpson, H.V. Thomas, F. Dunstan, R. Araya, G. Lewis
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