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01-12-2003 | Commentary

Testing assumptions of quality-adjusted life-year calculations

Commentary on "An Exponential Representation of Health State Utility" from M. Happich

Author: Ariel Béresniak

Published in: The European Journal of Health Economics | Issue 4/2003

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The objective of this work was to test the validity of one assumption of the techniques used to calculate quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) values, using a real population survey. The most used method for determining QALYs from the utility values is an index calculation, which is a simple product of time (duration) and quality of life, i.e.:where ∑ k_j=1 and the sum is taken over the whole range for j, between 1 and n. X is a vector of time and health state values. …

Title: Testing assumptions of quality-adjusted life-year calculations
Commentary on "An Exponential Representation of Health State Utility" from M. Happich
Author: Ariel Béresniak
Publication date: 01-12-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: The European Journal of Health Economics / Issue 4/2003
Print ISSN: 1618-7598
Electronic ISSN: 1618-7601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-003-0183-4

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