Journal article
The additive utility assumption of the QALY model revisited
Abstract
Quality-adjusted life years are valid representations of the preferences of individuals for health outcomes only under a set of restrictive assumptions. One of the key assumptions is additive utility independence (AUI). Recently, Bleichrodt and Filko [Bleichrodt and Filko, 2008. Journal of Health Economics 27 (5), 1237-1249] presented a new test for AUI, the test for generalized marginality (GM). Based on a student survey showing that …
Authors
Gandjour A; Gafni A
Journal
Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 325–328
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.11.001
ISSN
0167-6296