The utilities bureau

The Health Utilities Index 1 the Health Utilities Index

The Health Utilities Index (HUI) system is a generic, preference-based measure of health status intended for use in clinical outcomes measurement, in health surveys, in program planning and resource allocation. The utility scores provide a summary index of health-related quality of life on a zero to 1.0 scale; they may be used in cost-utility analyses to calculate quality-adjusted life years an...

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* Any opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Census Bureau. All results have been reviewed to ensure that no confidential information is disclosed. We thank Ryan Decker for his assistance developing the STATA code used in this paper.

Approaching a Marriage Bureau

preliminary letters of enquiry to a number of different bureaux, and to compare their replies before committing oneself to any one of them. The London Telephone Directory lists a fair selection of organisations under the heading " Marriage Bureauand any responsible concern will be perfectly willing to explain the exact nature of the service it offers and the payment it demands, without expectin...

The Weather Bureau and the Cranberry

In this country the cranberry is indigenous to the marshes, chiefly in the Northern States; but some wild cranberries are found as far south as North Carolina, both in the swamps of the mountain region in the northwestern portion of that State and near the coast, in Pender County. They are also found to a slight extent in some portions of northern Europe, especially in Finland and the Scandinav...

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