Main description:

This book provides an essential guide to the use of the EuroQol Group's value sets for working with EQ-5D data. The EQ-5D is a widely used generic health state descriptive system and facilitates the valuation of health and health gain through its pre-existing value sets. This book brings together a comprehensive inventory of these value sets and their characteristics and offers guidance on how to choose which value set for what purpose.

Contents:

Introduction: Rosalind Rabin, Frank de Charro, Agota Szende Comparative review of Time Trade-Off value sets, Agota Szende, Mark Oppe, Frank de Charro Comparative review of Visual Analogue Scale value sets, Mark Oppe, Agota Szende, Frank de Charro Guidance to users of EQ-5D value sets, Nancy Devlin, David Parkin References Annex 1: Inventory of Time Trade-Off valuation surveys, Mark Oppe Annex 2: Inventory of Visual Analogue Scale valuation surveys, Mark Oppe