Journal article
The Health Utilities Index (HUI®) system for assessing health-related quality of life in clinical studies
Abstract
This paper reviews the Health Utilities Index (HUI) systems as means to describe health status and obtain utility scores reflecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The HUI Mark 2 (HUI2) and Mark 3 (HUI3) classification and scoring systems are described. The methods used to estimate multiattribute utility functions for HUI2 and HUI3 are reviewed. The use of HUI in clinical studies for a wide variety of conditions in a large number of …
Authors
Furlong WJ; Feeny DH; Torrance GW; Barr RD
Journal
Annals of Medicine, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 375–384
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
January 2001
DOI
10.3109/07853890109002092
ISSN
0785-3890