caa a22 4500 477079024 CHVBK 20180405111445.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02249313 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02249313 Fitzpatrick Ray Nuffield College, Oxford and Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Oxford, UK aut A pragmatic defence of health status measures [Elektronische Daten] [Ray Fitzpatrick] A family of instruments has been developed over the last twenty five years in order to measure the individual's subjective view of his health. The instruments vary in how broadly they define health. A wide range of critiques have challenged both the validity of these measures and their uses. This paper argues that disproportionate attention has been given to one form of health status measure—the so-called utility-based measures. The ensuing controversies have distracted from the substantial progress achieved in the application of health status measures. This paper identifies the major areas of progress and argues that any serious critique needs to engage with this now sizeable body of applied knowledge. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 1996 Health Care Analysis Kluwer Academic Publishers 4/4(1996-12-01), 265-272 1065-3058 4:4<265 1996 4 10728 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02249313 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02249313 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Fitzpatrick Ray Nuffield College, Oxford and Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Health Care Analysis Kluwer Academic Publishers 4/4(1996-12-01), 265-272 1065-3058 4:4<265 1996 4 10728 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer