Development of a new preference-based instrument to measure dependency

Eva Rodríguez Míguez, José María Abellán Perpiñán, José Carlos Álvarez Villamarín, José Manuel González Martínez and Antonio Sampayo
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Jose-Maria Abellan-Perpiñan ()

No 1301, Working Papers from Universidade de Vigo, Departamento de Economía Aplicada

Abstract: This paper reports the estimation of a preference-based scoring algorithm for a new dependency health state classification system. According to this system health states are described as a combination of 6 attributes (eat, incontinence, personal care, mobility, housework and cognition/mental problems), with 3 or 4 levels each. The tariff of this instrument is based on community preferences, hence it is consistent with the so-called ‘societal perspective’. Preference weights can be used in QALY calculations and cost-utility analysis.

Keywords: Dependency; preference-based measures; QALY; time trade-off; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2013-11
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