Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10471693 | Social Science & Medicine | 2011 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
⺠As expected the additional pain or discomfort dimension was associated with significant coefficients for levels 2 and 3 in the model of the health state valuation data. ⺠The additional dimension had a significant impact on the coefficients of other dimensions, but this differed by dimension and level. ⺠The net impact on the health state value depended on the level of the pain or discomfort dimension, with level 1 or 2 being associated with higher values and level 3 with lower values. ⺠This has important implications for the strategy of adding dimensions to existing instruments and for the achievement cross instrument comparability.
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Authors
John Brazier, Donna Rowen, Aki Tsuchiya, Yaling Yang, Tracy A. Young,