Do personal and societal preferences differ by socio-demographic group?

Peter Franks, Erica I. Lubetkin, Joy Melnikow

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Abstract

For equity, preferences used in cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) should yield similar values for different groups with similar health states. We used data from the US 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, including socio-demographics, EQ-5D) Index and EQ Visual Analog Scale (EQ VAS) scores, to examine whether EQ-5D Index (representing community preferences) and EQ VAS (representing personal preferences) scores differed systematically by socio-demographic group. Differences between EQ-5D Index and EQ VAS scores by socio-demographic group were small and mostly not statistically significant. These preliminary findings suggest that using the EQ-5D, Index in CEAs may not contribute to socio-demographic inequities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)319-325
Number of pages7
JournalHealth Economics
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2007

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Keywords

  • Health status
  • Population health
  • Preferences
  • Socio-economic status

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nursing(all)
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Health(social science)
  • Health Professions(all)

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Do personal and societal preferences differ by socio-demographic group? / Franks, Peter; Lubetkin, Erica I.; Melnikow, Joy.

In: Health Economics, Vol. 16, No. 3, 03.2007, p. 319-325.

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Franks, P, Lubetkin, EI & Melnikow, J 2007, 'Do personal and societal preferences differ by socio-demographic group?', Health Economics, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 319-325. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1152
Franks P, Lubetkin EI, Melnikow J. Do personal and societal preferences differ by socio-demographic group? Health Economics. 2007 Mar;16(3):319-325. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1152
Franks, Peter ; Lubetkin, Erica I. ; Melnikow, Joy. / Do personal and societal preferences differ by socio-demographic group?. In: Health Economics. 2007 ; Vol. 16, No. 3. pp. 319-325.
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