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An experimental test of question framing in health state utility assessment

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Abstract

In the standard gamble and time trade-off methods of health state utility assessment, a specified health state and an alternative are compared. This alternative can be framed in terms of a loss or a gain in reference to the first health state. In this paper, we test whether this framing affects the estimated health state utilities. The experiment was carried out on a group of pharmacy students, randomly divided between the loss or gain version (n=182). The null hypothesis of no difference between the loss and gain versions is rejected for the standard gamble method, but not for the time trade-off method. Copyright (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)187-193
Number of pages7
JournalHealth Policy
Volume45
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1998

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors thank an anonymous referee for helpful comments. KB was supported in part by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation Faculty Development Award in Pharmacoeconomics.

Funding

The authors thank an anonymous referee for helpful comments. KB was supported in part by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation Faculty Development Award in Pharmacoeconomics.

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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation

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    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • Cost-utility analysis
    • Framing
    • Loss aversion
    • QALYs
    • Standard gamble
    • Time trade-off

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Health Policy

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