Modelling health state preference data using fixed and random effects models

Ferreira, Lara Noronha; Ferreira, Pedro L.; Pereira, Luis Nobre

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Ferreira, Lara Noronha

Ferreira, Pedro L.

Pereira, Luis Nobre

Abstract(s)

The use of preference-based measures of health in the measurement of Health Related Quality of Life has become widely used in health economics. Hence, the development of preference-based measures of health has been a major concern for researchers throughout the world. This study aims to model health state preference data using a new preference-based measure of health (the SF- 6D) and to suggest alternative models for predicting health state utilities using fixed and random effects models. It also seeks to investigate the problems found in the SF-6D and to suggest eventual changes to it.