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Development of a patient-reported palliative care-specific health classification system: the POS-E [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundGeneric preference-based measures are commonly used to estimate quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) to inform resource-allocation decisions.
Dzingina, Mendwas, Higginson, Irene J., McCrone, Paul, Murtagh, Fliss, Murtagh, Fliss E. M., Murtagh, Fliss E.M.   +5 more
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Using Rasch analysis to form plausible health states amenable to valuation: the development of CORE-6D from CORE-OM in order to elicit preferences for common mental health problems [PDF]

, 2011
Purpose: To describe a new approach for deriving a preference-based index from a condition specific measure that uses Rasch analysis to develop health states.
A Tennant, AB Smith, AM Gray, C Chatfield, C Evans, C Evans, CA Sugar, D Chisholm, D Feeny, EV Smith Jr, G Willige van de, GA Miller, Ifigeneia Mavranezouli, J Brazier, J Brazier, J Brazier, J Brazier, J Brazier, J Moock, JE Brazier, JE Brazier, John E. Brazier, L McKenzie, M Barkham, M Barkham, M Barkham, M Knapp, Michael Barkham, P Dolan, T Young, TA Young, TG Bond, Tracey A. Young, Y Yang   +33 more
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An Improved Collaborative Filtering Recommendation Algorithm Based on Retroactive Inhibition Theory

Applied Sciences, 2021
Collaborative filtering (CF) is the most classical and widely used recommendation algorithm, which is mainly used to predict user preferences by mining the user’s historical data.
Nihong Yang, Lei Chen, Yuyu Yuan
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PREFERENCE BASED TERM WEIGHTING FOR ARABIC FIQH DOCUMENT RANKING

Jurnal Ilmu Komputer dan Informasi, 2015
In document retrieval, besides the suitability of query with search results, there is also a subjective user assessment that is expected to be a deciding factor in document ranking.
Khadijah Fahmi Hayati Holle, Agus Zainal Arifin, Diana Purwitasari   +2 more
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A preference-based item response theory model to measure health: concept and mathematics of the multi-attribute preference response model

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2018
Background A new patient-reported health measurement model has been developed to quantify descriptions of health states. Known as the multi-attribute preference response (MAPR) model, it is based on item response theory.
Catharina G. M. Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Edwin R. van den Heuvel, Paul F. M. Krabbe   +2 more
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Development of DEMQOL-U and DEMQOL-PROXY-U: generation of preference-based indices from DEMQOL and DEMQOL-PROXY for use in economic evaluation

Health Technology Assessment, 2013
Background: Dementia is one of the most common and serious disorders in later life and the economic and personal cost of caring for people with dementia is immense. There is a need to be able to evaluate interventions in dementia using cost-effectiveness
B Mulhern, D Rowen, J Brazier, S Smith, R Romeo, R Tait, C Watchurst, K-C Chua, V Loftus, T Young, D Lamping, M Knapp, R Howard, S Banerjee   +13 more
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Misinterpretation with norm-based scoring of health status in adults with type 1 diabetes

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2006
Background Interpretations of profile and preference based measure scores can differ. Profile measures often use a norm-based scoring algorithm where each scale is scored to have a standardized mean and standard deviation, relative to the general ...
Carroll Linda J, Feeny David H, Supina Alison L, Johnson Jeffrey A   +3 more
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Analysis of the Impacts of Health Cost and Risk Preference on Farmers’ Protective Behavior of Pesticide Application Based on the Autoregressive Threshold Model: A Case Study of Wuhu City in China

Journal of Function Spaces, 2022
This paper is aimed at investigating the impacts of health cost and risk preference on farmers’ protective behavior of pesticide in a case study of Wuhu city in China. Based on the field survey data from 523 farmers in the main grain-producing areas, the
Shukai Cai, Yaxing Gu, Runze Li, Zhonghong Teng   +3 more
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Measuring practice preference variation for quality improvement: development of the Neonatology Survey of Interdisciplinary Groups in Healthcare Tool (NSIGHT)

BMJ Open Quality, 2023
Background Understanding behavioural psychology and the human side of change are guiding principles for quality improvement (QI). Tools to measure these to guide improvement efforts are lacking.Methods We created a clinical vignette-based survey to ...
Helen Healy, DeWayne M Pursley, WenYang Mao, Munish Gupta, Emily Whitesel, John Zupancic   +5 more
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Mapping EORTC QLQ-C30 and FACT-G onto EQ-5D-5L index for patients with cancer

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2020
Background To develop direct and indirect (response) mapping algorithms from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy General ...
Yasuhiro Hagiwara, Takeru Shiroiwa, Naruto Taira, Takuya Kawahara, Keiko Konomura, Shinichi Noto, Takashi Fukuda, Kojiro Shimozuma   +7 more
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