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The Development and Use of Quality-of-Life Measures to Evaluate Health Outcomes in Japan

Abstract

Health outcomes measurement forms a key aspect of data collection for economic evaluations. Quality-of-life instruments provide a measure of patient-focused health outcomes. Such instruments, including the EuroQoL questionnaire (EQ-5D) and the Short-form 36 (SF-36) are already being used in Japan.Utility instruments provide an alternative way of measuring quality of life for use in economic analyses. At present, utility measurement in Japan is …

Authors

Fukuhara S; Ikegami N; Torrance GW; Nishimura S; Drummond M; Schubert F

Volume

20

Pagination

pp. 17-23

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

November 2002

DOI

10.2165/00019053-200220002-00003

Conference proceedings

PharmacoEconomics

Issue

Suppl 2

ISSN

1170-7690