A new method for valuing health: directly eliciting personal utility functions.

Nancy J DevlinKoonal Kirit ShahBrendan J MulhernKrystallia PantiriBen van Hout

Published in: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care (2018)

The PUF approach appears to be feasible, and has the potential to yield meaningful, well-informed preference data from respondents that can be aggregated to yield a value set for the EQ-5D. A deliberative approach to health state valuation also has the potential to complement and develop existing valuation methods. Further refinement of some elements of the approach is required.

Keyphrases

public health
healthcare
human health
mental health
health information
health promotion
big data
machine learning
data analysis