Logical inconsistencies in time trade-off valuation of EQ-5D-5L health states: Whose fault is it?

In conclusion, logical inconsistency in the valuation of EQ-5D-5L health states is associated not only with respondents' characteristics but also with interviewers' performance and the interview process. The role of interviewers and the importance of interviewer training may be more crucial than hitherto believed. This finding could be generalizable to other interviewer-administered health-state valuation study.