Development of a new preference-based instrument to measure dependency

  1. Rodríguez Míguez, Eva
  2. Abellán Perpiñán, José María
  3. Álvarez Villamarín, Xosé Carlos
  4. González Martínez, Xosé Manuel
  5. Rodríguez Sampayo, Antonio
Revista:
Documentos de traballo do Departamento de Economía Aplicada

Año de publicación: 2013

Número: 1

Tipo: Artículo

Resumen

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.