Measuring the acceptability of EQ-5D-3L health states for different ages: a new adaptive survey methodology
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Published:2022-01-05
Issue:7
Volume:23
Page:1243-1255
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ISSN:1618-7598
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Container-title:The European Journal of Health Economics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Eur J Health Econ
Author:
Hermann ZoltánORCID, Péntek MártaORCID, Gulácsi LászlóORCID, Kopcsóné Németh Irén Anna, Zrubka ZsomborORCID
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Acceptable health and sufficientarianism are emerging concepts in health resource allocation. We defined acceptability as the proportion of the general population who consider a health state acceptable for a given age. Previous studies surveyed the acceptability of health problems separately per EQ-5D-3L domain, while the acceptability of health states with co-occurring problems was barely explored.
Objective
To quantify the acceptability of 243 EQ-5D-3L health states for six ages from 30 to 80 years: 1458 health state–age combinations (HAcs), denoted as the acceptability set of EQ-5D-3L.
Methods
In 2019, an online representative survey was conducted in the Hungarian general population. We developed a novel adaptive survey algorithm and a matching statistical measurement model. The acceptability of problems was evaluated separately per EQ-5D-3L domain, followed by joint evaluation of up to 15 HAcs. The selection of HAcs depended on respondents’ previous responses. We used an empirical Bayes measurement model to estimate the full acceptability set.
Results
1375 respondents (female: 50.7%) were included with mean (SD) age of 46.7 (14.6) years. We demonstrated that single problems that were acceptable separately for a given age were less acceptable when co-occurring jointly (p < 0.001). For 30 years of age, EQ-5D-3L health states of ‘11112’ (11.9%) and ‘33333’ (1%), while for 80 years of age ‘21111’ (93.3%) and ‘33333’ (7.4%) had highest and lowest acceptability (% of population), respectively.
Conclusion
The acceptability set of EQ-5D-3L quantifies societal preferences concerning age and disease severity. Its measurement profiles and potential role in health resource allocation needs further exploration.
Funder
Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovaciós Alap H2020 European Research Council Óbuda University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Health Policy,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
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