. Results EQ-5D-3L health states were available for 6926 and EQ VAS scores for 6569 respondents. Demographic characteristics of … countries with lack of local dataset. However, the substantial inter-country diferences in health status and scarcity of data …

. Conclusions Our results suggest that the choice of value set largely infuences the health state utility results in chronic … diseases, and might have a signifcant impact on health policy decisions. …

and 4 (search of health resources) were the least difcult, followed by items 5 and 8 (utilisation of health information …), and then items 1 and 2 (awareness of health resources). Items 6 and 7 (appraisal of health resources) were most difcult …, intensity of health information seeking, formal health education and visit at the electronic healthrecord website were …