Health-related quality of life predicts future health care utilization and mortality in veterans with self-reported physician-diagnosed arthritis: The veterans arthritis quality of life study
Keywords: arthritis; HRQOL; SF-36; health care utilization; mortality; ADL; Activity of Daily Living; BIRLS; Beneficiaries Identification Record Locator System; CI; Confidence Interval; HMO; Health maintenance organization; HRQOL; health-related quality of life; MC