Development of a new preference-based instrument to measure dependency
- Rodríguez Míguez, Eva
- Abellán Perpiñán, José María
- Álvarez Villamarín, Xosé Carlos
- González Martínez, Xosé Manuel
- Rodríguez Sampayo, Antonio
Ano de publicación: 2013
Número: 1
Tipo: Artigo
Resumo
This paper reports the estimation of a preference-based scoring algorithm for a new dependency health state classification system. According to this system health states are described as a combination of 6 attributes (eat, incontinence, personal care, mobility, housework and cognition/mental problems), with 3 or 4 levels each. The tariff of this instrument is based on community preferences, hence it is consistent with the so-called �societal perspective�. Preference weights can be used in QALY calculations and cost-utility analysis.