Health Condition Impacts in a Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey Vary Substantially by Preference-Based Health Index

IMPORTANCE: Many cost-utility analyses rely on generic utility measures for estimates of disease impact. Commonly used generic preference-based indexes may generate different absolute estimates of disease burden despite sharing anchors of dead at 0 and full health at 1.0. OBJECTIVE: We compare the impact of 16 prevalent chronic health conditions using 6 utility-based indexes of health and a visual analog scale.