Argentine valuation of the EQ-5D health states.

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 based on quota sampling and were interviewed using the EuroQol Group protocol for measurement and valuation of health studies. Initially, the respondents were randomly assigned a unique card set; however, to improve efficiency, the subjects were later randomly assigned to one of three fixed sets of EQ-5D states. Using the visual analog scale (VAS) and time-trade off (TTO) responses for these states, we estimated a valuation model using ordinary least squares regression clustered by respondent. Predicted values for EQ-5D health states are compared with published valu

SUBMITTER: Augustovski FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3819816 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature