Bansback, Nick
Trenaman, Logan
MacDonald, Karen V.
Hawker, Gillian
Johnson, Jeffrey A.
Stacey, Dawn
Marshall, Deborah A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
EuroQol Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 17 July 2018
Accepted: 28 January 2019
First Online: 23 February 2019
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