important in decisions about resource allocation across patient groups. We summarise data on concerns for severity measured at a … cardinal level in preference studies in various countries and show how the data may provide guidance for determining severity …

Severity of illness is an important official criterion for priority setting in health care in a number of jurisdictions …. An 8-point scale of severity and functional status has been used in a number of studies in Norway in order to estimate … the strength of concerns for severity in population samples. The scale has attracted international attention and may be of …