Health utilities for non-melanoma skin cancers and pre-cancerous lesions: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) are common and consume many healthcare resources. A health utility is a single preference-based value for assessing health-related quality of life, which can be used in economic evaluations. There are scarce data on health utilities for NMSCs.

Objectives

Using a systematic review approach, we synthesized the current data on NMSC-related health utilities.

Methods

A systematic review of studies of NMSC-related health utilities was conducted in Medline, Embase, and Cochrane databases. Data were extracted based on the protocol and a quality assessment was performed for each study.

Results

The protocol resulted in 16 studies, involving 121 621 participants. Mean utility values across the studies ranged from 0.56 to 1 for

SUBMITTER: So C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9060093 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature