A note on the relationship between age and health-related quality of life assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To extend existing analyses of whether and how the age of respondents is related to their time trade-off (TTO) valuations of hypothetical EQ-5D-3L health states, and to contribute to the existing debate about the rationale and implications for using age-specific utilities in health technology assessment (HTA).

Methods

We use data from the MVH UK valuation study. For each profile, the mean TTO value-adjusted by sex, education, self-reported health and personal experience of serious illness-is pairwise compared across the different age groups. A Bonferroni correction is applied to the multiple testing of significant differences between means. Smile plots illustrate the results. A debate regarding whether there is a case for using age-specific utilities in HTAs compleme

SUBMITTER: Cubi-Molla P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6470117 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature