Do personal and societal preferences differ by socio-demographic group?
For equity, preferences used in cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) should yield similar values for different groups with similar health states. We used data from the US 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, including socio-demographics, EQ-5D Index and EQ Visual Analog Scale (EQ VAS) scores, to examine whether EQ-5D Index (representing community preferences) and EQ VAS (representing personal preferences) scores differed systematically by socio-demographic group. Differences between EQ-5D Index and EQ VAS scores by socio-demographic group were small and mostly not statistically significant. These preliminary findings suggest that using the EQ-5D Index in CEAs may not contribute to socio-demographic inequities. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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2007
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Authors: | Franks, Peter ; Lubetkin, Erica I. ; Melnikow, Joy |
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Health Economics. - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., ISSN 1057-9230. - Vol. 16.2007, 3, p. 319-325
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