Measuring Utilities for Health States

作者: George Torrance

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5257-0_28

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摘要: The paper reviews the history of health state utility measurement; techniques measurement, including rating scales, standard gamble and time trade-off; performance acceptability, reliability, validity cost; variability in utilities across individuals relationship to other factors; applications utilities, particularly cost-effectiveness studies.

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