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Cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgical procedures for the treatment of severe obesity

Wang, Bruce; Wong, Edwin; Alfonso-Cristancho, Rafael; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 15 (2014) 3, pp. 253-263

cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) of the surgical procedures were US $6,600 per quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALY … ICER did not exceed a threshold of US $50,000 per QALY gained. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin …

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Maximal endurable time states and the standard gamble: more preference reversals

Stalmeier, P.; Verheijen, A. - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 14 (2013) 6, pp. 971-977

The observed reversal rate for the standard gamble is similar to rates observed previously with the TTO method. Utility measurement of poor health states is problematic, both with the TTO and standard gamble methods. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

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A quantification of prospect theory in the health domain

Attema, Arthur E.; Brouwer, Werner B.F.; l'Haridon, Olivier - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (CREM) - 2013

It is well-known that expected utility (EU) has empirical deficiencies. Prospect theory (PT) has developed as an alternative with more descriptive validity. However, PT’s full function had not yet been quantified in the health domain. This paper is therefore the first to simultaneously measure...

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Cost-effectiveness of percutaneous fixation with Kirschner wires versus locking-plate for adult patients with a dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius from the DRAFFT tri...

Tubeuf, Sandy; Yu, Ge; Achten, Juul; Parsons, Nick R; … - Academic Unit of Health Economics, Leeds Institute of … - 2014

(cost per QALY) was derived from a multi-centre, two-arm, parallel group, assessor-blind randomised controlled trial which …, locking-plate fixation presented an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of ¡ê89,322 per QALY within the first 12 months of …

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The social value of health programs: Is age a relevant factor?

Rodríguez-Míguez, Eva; Pinto, José Luis - Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultade de … - 1999

In cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) it is usually assumed that a QALY is of equal value to everybody, irrespective of … the patient's age. However, it is possible that society assigns different social values to a QALY according to who gets it …

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Development of a new preference-based instrument to measure dependency

Rodríguez-Míguez, Eva Rodríguez Míguez; Abellán … - Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultade de … - 2013

used in QALY calculations and cost-utility analysis. …

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How You Ask Is What You Get: Willingness-to-Pay for a QALY in Germany

Ahlert, Marlies; Breyer, Friedrich; Schwettmann, Lars - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

gain of one quality-adjusted life year (QALY). While one version of the survey exactly copied the questionnaire used in the …

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The lack of theoretical support for using person trade-offs in QALY-type models

Østerdal, Lars - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 10 (2009) 4, pp. 429-436

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QALYs versus HYEs - a theoretical exposition

Culyer, Tony J; Wagstaff, Adam - Centre for Health Economics, Department of Economics … - 1992

There has been a vigorous dispute about quality adjusted life years (QALYs) and it has been argued that they are an inappropriate measure of patient utility and that a more efficient approach is to measure outcomes in terms of health year equivalents (HYEs). This paper explores the theoretical...

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Comparing scaling methods for health state valuations - Rosser revisited

Gudex, Claire; Kind, Paul; Dalen, Harmanna van; Durand, … - Centre for Health Economics, Department of Economics … - 1993

method is the preferred technique. Many of the cost-per-QALY estimates produced in the United Kingdom have been based on the … presentation of method and interviewer bias. It appears from a reworking of cost-per-QALY estimates using these ‘new’ matrices that … the precise “quality-adjustments” used in QALY estimates do matter. Given that no-one is yet in a position to claim to …

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