Utility index and vision-related quality of life in patients awaiting specialist eye care.

Aline Lutz de AraujoBruna Stella ZanottoAna Paula Beck da Silva EtgesKaren Brasil RuschelTaís de Campos MoreiraFelipe Cezar CabralErno HarzheimMarcelo Rodrigues GonçalvesRoberto Nunes UmpierreFabiana CarvalhoRodolfo Souza da SilvaCarisi Anne Polanczyk

Published in: PloS one (2024)

Patients awaiting access to ophthalmology care had a utility index of 0.85 on a scale of 0 to 1. This measurement was not previously reported in the literature. Utility measures can provide insight into patients' perspectives and support economic health analyses and inform health policies.

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