Authors
Leah Couzner, Maria Crotty, Richard Norman, Julie Ratcliffe
Publication date
2013/8
Journal
Applied health economics and health policy
Volume
11
Pages
415-425
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Description
Background
The measurement and valuation of quality of life forms a major component of economic evaluation in health care and is a major issue in health services research. However, differing approaches exist in the measurement and valuation of quality of life from a health economics perspective. While some instruments such as the EQ-5D-3L focus on health-related quality of life alone, others assess quality of life in broader terms, for example, the newly developed ICECAP-O.
Objective
The aim of this study was to utilize two generic preference-based instruments, the EQ-5D-3L and the ICECAP-O, to measure and value the quality of life of older adult patients receiving post-acute care. An additional objective was to compare the values obtained by each instrument with those generated from two community-based general population samples …
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