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Quality of Life Research, 2020
Preference-based measures can provide measurements of health-related quality of life and be utilized for cost-effectiveness analyses of interventions in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether generic preference-based measures are reliable, valid, and responsive in COPD.A ...
Ava Mehdipour +4 more
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Preference-based measures can provide measurements of health-related quality of life and be utilized for cost-effectiveness analyses of interventions in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether generic preference-based measures are reliable, valid, and responsive in COPD.A ...
Ava Mehdipour +4 more
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Preference‐Based Approaches to Measuring the Benefits of Perinatal Care
Birth, 2003Abstract: Studies that measure benefits of health care interventions in natural or physical units cannot incorporate the several health changes that might occur within a single measure, and they overlook individuals’ preferences for those health changes. This paper discusses and critically appraises the application of preference‐based approaches to the
Stavros, Petrou, Jane, Henderson
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Measures of Disagreement and Aggregation of Preferences Based on Multidistances
2012This paper deals with measures of disagreement and aggregation of preferences. Multidistances are used as measures of disagreement and also as a key element in the definition of aggregation of preferences. After introducing contractive multidistances, they are shown to be particularly suitable for our purpose. Two families of multidistances are studied,
Tomasa Calvo +2 more
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Methods for assessing relative importance in preference based outcome measures
Quality of Life Research, 1993This paper reviews issues relevant to preference assessment for utility based measures of health-related quality of life. Cost/utility studies require a common measurement of health outcome, such as the quality adjusted life year (QALY). A key element in the QALY methodology is the measure of preference that estimates subjective health quality ...
R M, Kaplan, D, Feeny, D A, Revicki
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The development of a preference-based measure of health in children with atopic dermatitis
British Journal of Dermatology, 2005Outcomes of health care interventions can be measured in many different ways, but there has been growing interest in the role that quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) can play in informing priorities in health care. While existing generic preference-based measures can be used to obtain QALYs, these measures may often be inappropriate for some ...
K J, Stevens +4 more
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Fuzzy Preference Based Organizational Performance Measurement
2011This paper introduces a methodology for constructing a multidimesional indicator designed for organizational performance measurement. The methodology involves the application of fuzzy models and methods of their analysis. Its use requires the construction of fuzzy preference relations by means of the comparison of performance measures with respect to a
Roberta O. Parreiras, Petr Ya Ekel
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A preference-based measure for test performance with an application to prenatal diagnostics
Statistics in Medicine, 2006Clinical epidemiology generally uses the receiver operating characteristic curve to summarize the accuracy of a diagnostic test and to compare the relative performance of different tests. This paper extends this concept to include the utility gains and losses of true and false test outcomes over the range of a priori risk.
Felder, Stefan, Robra, Bernt-Peter
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Using Preference-Based Measures to Assess Quality of Life in Stuttering
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006PurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine whether standard pharmaco-economic preference methods can be used to assess perceived quality of life in stuttering.MethodSeventy-five nonstuttering adults completed a standardized face-to-face interview that included a rating scale, standard gamble, and time trade-off preference measures for 4 health ...
Robin E, Bramlett +2 more
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Racial and ethnic differences in preference-based health status measure
Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2006To document the racial and ethnic differences in individuals' perception of their general health status assessed by preference-based measures.Using the 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), a nationally representative sample of 20 428 people with reported concurrent EuroQol (EQ-5D) US scores were included in the study.
Alex Z, Fu, Michael W, Kattan
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Preference-Based Measures in Dermatology: An Overview of Utilities and Willingness to Pay
Dermatologic Clinics, 2012In this overview of preference-based measures, utilities and willingness to pay (WTP) are discussed as measures relevant to dermatology for capturing the burden of skin diseases. An overview is provided of the concepts of utilities and WTP and their importance in decision making.
Seidler, Anne M. +4 more
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