Comparing heuristic valuation processes between health state valuation from child and adult perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Health state valuation assumes that respondents trade off between all aspects of choice tasks and maximize their utility. Yet, respondents may use heuristic valuation processes, i.e., strategies to simplify or avoid the trade-offs that are core to health state valuation. The objective of this study is to explore if heuristic valuation processes are more prevalent for valuation from a 10-year-old child's perspective compared to the use of an adult perspective.

Methods

We reused existing data in which EQ-5D health states were valued from adult and child perspectives with composite time trade-off (cTTO) and discrete choice experiment (DCE) tasks. Our analyses focused on comparing completion time and responding patterns across both perspectives. We also explored how r

SUBMITTER: Lipman SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11442527 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature