COMPARING COMMUNITY-PREFERENCE–BASED AND DIRECT STANDARD GAMBLE UTILITY SCORES: EVIDENCE FROM ELECTIVE TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY

OBJECTIVES: Do utility scores based on patient preferences and scores based on community preferences agree? The purpose is to assess agreement between directly measured standard gamble (SG) utility scores and utility scores from the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 (HUI2) and Mark 3 (HUI3) systems. METHODS: Patients were assessed repeatedly throughout the process of waiting to see a surgeon, waiting for surgery, and recovery after total hip …