The Relative Impacts of Disease on Health Status and Capability Wellbeing: A Multi-Country Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluations of the impact of interventions for resource allocation purposes commonly focus on health status. There is, however, also concern about broader impacts on wellbeing and, increasingly, on a person's capability. This study aims to compare the impact on health status and capability of seven major health conditions, and highlight differences in treatment priorities when outcomes are measured by capability as opposed to health status.

Methods

The study was a cross-sectional four country survey (n = 6650) of eight population groups: seven disease groups with: arthritis, asthma, cancer, depression, diabetes, hearing loss, and heart disease and one health population 'comparator' group. Two simple self-complete questionnaires were used to measure health status (

SUBMITTER: Mitchell PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4667875 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature