Comparing the Noncomparable: The Need for Equivalence Measures That Make Sense in Health-Economic Evaluations.

Background: The popularity of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) has been resistant to concerns about validity and reliability. Utility-theoretic outcome equivalents are widely used in other areas of applied economics. Equivalence values can be derived for time, money, risk, and other metrics. Thes...

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Publicado en:Value in Health Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 684 - 693
Autores principales: Johnson, F. Reed, Scott, Frank I., Reed, Shelby D., Lewis, James D., Bewtra, Meenakshi
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Jun2019
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