title: Health services research:  impact of quality of life instruments on craniofacial surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery and Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. athoma@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thoma
authors.forename: Teegan A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Ignacy
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery; D004180:Direct Service Costs; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006295:Health Resources / Q000191:economics; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States