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Quality-of-Life (QOL) Assessments with Odds Ratios

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The comparison of absolute QOL-scores has been recognized to lack sensitivity to truly estimate QOL.

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Cleophas, T.J., Zwinderman, A.H. (2013). Quality-of-Life (QOL) Assessments with Odds Ratios. In: Machine Learning in Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6886-4_5

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