This paper is of interest to analysts, policy makers and decision makers involved with descriptive clinical studies, clinical trials, programme evaluations, measuring population health, and planning assessments. It describes a recently developed system for measuring the overall health status and...

A seven-attribute health status classification system was developed to record the wide variety of outcomes of childhood cancer and its treatment. The system consists of six core attributes (sensory function, mobility function, emotional function, cognitive function, self care function, and pain)...