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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on February 17, 2009
The European Journal of Public Health 2009 19(3):228-229; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp016
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

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Preferences, quality of life and public health

Reiner Leidl

Institute for Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Postfach 1129, D-85758 Neuherberg, Germany

Correspondence: Reiner Leidl, Institute for Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Postfach 1129, D-85758 Neuherberg, Germany, e-mail: leidl@helmholtz-muenchen.de

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According to the PubMed data base, the first review which mentioned ‘quality of life’ (QoL) in its title appeared >30 years ago. Entries of this term currently exceed 100 000. The rise of QoL research has probably been supported by factors, such as increasing prevalence of chronic conditions, increasing life expectancy in older age and a focus on nonsurvival benefits of medical technology. QoL stands for a multidimensional, subjective perception of health by the individual. It is . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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