There are not enough resources in health care systems around the world to fund all
technically feasible and potentially beneficial health care interventions. Difficult choices …

Background The short-form 6-dimension (SF-6D) is a preference-based measure designed
to calculate quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). Preference-based measures are standardized …

This paper reviews the role of patient preferences within the framework of cost-effectiveness
analysis (CEA). CEA typically adopts a system-wide perspective by focusing upon efficiency …

Background Lifestyle interventions reduce cardiovascular risk and risk of diabetes mellitus,
but reports on long-term effects on quality of life (QOL) and health care utilization are rare …

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects 0.5–
1.0% of the population, and where many patients in spite of modern pharmacological …

Objective. To compare the quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) between operative and
nonoperative treatments for ASD patients. Summary of Background Data. Operative …

OBJECTIVE: The main objective of the study was to estimate a preference-based Short Form
(SF)-6D index from the SF-36 for Japan and compare it with the UK results. STUDY DESIGN …

Objectives Although healthy lifestyle practices mitigate recurrent stroke risk and mortality,
few stroke survivors adhere to them, particularly among socioeconomically disadvantaged …

Abstract Purpose The Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12) is currently the major
endpoint used in the Medicare managed care outcomes measure in the Healthcare …

Background. Health state valuation data are often excluded from studies that aim to provide
a nationally representative set of values for preference-based health-related quality of life …