Chilean population norms derived from the health-related quality of Life SF-6D

Miguel A. Garcia-Gordillo (), Daniel Collado-Mateo (), Pedro R. Olivares () and José C. Adsuar ()
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Miguel A. Garcia-Gordillo: University of Extremadura
Daniel Collado-Mateo: University of Extremadura
Pedro R. Olivares: Universidad Autonoma de Chile
José C. Adsuar: University of Murcia

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2018, vol. 19, issue 5, No 5, 675-686

Abstract: Abstract Objectives The Health-Related Quality of Life Short Form 6D (HRQoL SF-6D) provides utility values for health status. Utilities generated have a number of potentially valuable applications in economic evaluations and not only to ensure comparability between studies. Reference values can be useful to estimate the effect on patients’ HRQoL as a result of interventions in the absence of control groups. Thus, the purpose of this study was to provide normative values in the SF-6D in relation to the Chilean population. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted evaluating 5293 people. SF-6D utilities were derived from the SF-12 questions. Results Mean SF-6D utility index for the whole sample was 0.74. It was better for men (0.78) than for women (0.71). The ceiling effect was much higher for men (11.16%) than for women (5.31%). Women were more likely to show problems in any dimension than were men. Conclusions Chilean population norms for the SF-6D help in the decision-making process around health policies. Men reported higher health status than women in all subcategories analyzed. Likewise, men also reported higher scores than women in overall SF-6D dimensions.

Keywords: Reference values; HRQoL; Utility; Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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