Journal article
Using Published Health Utilities in Cost-Utility Analyses: Discrepancies and Issues in Cardiovascular Disease
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Health utilities are commonly used as quality weights to calculate quality-adjusted life years in cost-utility analysis (CUA). However, if published health utilities are not properly used, the credibility of CUA could be affected.
OBJECTIVES: To identify discrepancies in using published health utilities in CUAs for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Authors
Zhou T; Chen Z; Li H; Xie F
Journal
Medical Decision Making, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 685–692
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
August 2021
DOI
10.1177/0272989x211004532
ISSN
0272-989X