Valuing outcomes in health care: A comparison of willingness to pay and quality-adjusted life-years

被引：71

作者：

Bala, MV

Wood, LL

Zarkin, GA

Norton, EC

Gafni, A

O'Brien, B

机构：

[1] Res Triangle Inst, Res Triangle Pk, NC 27709 USA

[2] Univ N Carolina, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Policy & Adm, Chapel Hill, NC USA

[3] McMaster Univ, Dept Clin Epidemiol & Biostat, Hamilton, ON, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1998年 / 51卷 / 08期

关键词：

WTP; QALYs; health outcomes; valuation;

D O I：

10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00036-5

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and willingness to pay (WTP) are two preference-based measures ui health-related outcomes. In this article, we compare these two measures in eliciting individuals' preferences for health outcomes associated with shingles. To collect the necessary preference data, we administered computer-interactive interviews to a sample of 65- to 70-year-olds. We found no significant correlation between QALYs and WTP across individuals. We discuss our findings and argue that our results raise questions about whether QALYs and WTP are equivalent preference-based measures of health outcomes. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Inc.

引用

页码：667 / 676

页数：10

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