Health State Values Derived from People with Multiple Sclerosis for a Condition-Specific Preference-Based Measure: Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale –Eight Dimensions–Patient Version (MSIS-8D-P)

In economic evaluation, health outcomes are commonly quantified using quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) derived from the preferences of a sample of the general population. It can be argued that this approach ignores the preferences of people with experience of the condition, and that patient preferences have a place in the valuation of health outcomes. Here we report the estimation of a preference-based index for an existing condition-specific preference-based measure for multiple sclerosis (MS), the MSIS-8D, based on the preferences of people with MS.

Source: Value in Health - June 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Elizabeth Goodwin, Colin Green, Annie Hawton Source Type: research