Utility scores for the Health Utilities Index Mark 2: an empirical assessment of alternative mapping functions.

Introduction: The Health Utilities Index is one of the most widely used generic health status classification systems. The valuation algorithm rests upon a power transformation between visual analog scale (VAS) and standard gamble (SG) data. This transformation has been the subject of much debate. To...

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Published in:Medical Care Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 627 - 636
Main Authors: McCabe, Christopher J, Stevens, Katherine J, Brazier, John E
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Jun2005
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