The Development of Capability Measures in Health Economics: Opportunities, Challenges and Progress

摘要: Recent years have seen increased engagement amongst health economists with the capability approach developed by Amartya Sen and others. This paper focuses on in relation to evaluative space used for analysis within economics. It considers opportunities that offers extending this space, but also methodological challenges associated moving from theoretical concepts practical empirical applications. The then examines three ‘families’ of measures, Oxford Capability instruments (OxCap), Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit (ASCOT) ICEpop CAPability (ICECAP), terms choices made each case. concludes discussing some broader issues involved making use suggests continued exploration impact different will be important forward.