Medical decision making at the organizational and societal levels usually requires that health benefits be quantified in a common unit. This enables administrators or decision makers to compare and evaluate programs that address different diseases or populations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Quality of Well-Being Scale]
Quality of Well-Being Scale
measurement, data sources and coding, and research methods
impact or weight or utility of the possible outcomes
social science perspectives on epidemiology
health care economics and management
methods