Argentine Valuation of the EQ-5D Health States

摘要: Abstract Objective To develop a set of health state values based on EuroQol EQ-5D instrument for the Argentine general population. Methods Consecutive subjects attending six primary care centers in Argentina were selected quota sampling and interviewed using Group protocol measurement valuation studies. Initially, respondents randomly assigned unique card set; however, to improve efficiency, later one three fixed sets states. Using visual analog scale (VAS) time-trade off (TTO) responses these states, we estimated model ordinary least squares regression clustered by respondent. Predicted states are compared with published United States. Results Six hundred eleven 14 trained interviewers, rendering 6887 TTO 6892 VAS responses. The had an R 2 0.897 0.928 VAS, respectively. mean absolute difference between observed predicted was 0.039 0.020 each showing Lin's concordance coefficient more than 0.98. US TTO-predicted highly correlated (Pearson's rho=0.963), although average clinically meaningful (0.06), rejecting nearly two-thirds (62.8%). population placed lower mild higher severe Conclusion This study provides value that could be used locally or regionally, significant differences Health policy Latin America must incorporate local sovereignty validity.