Estimating CHU-9D utility scores from the WAItE: a mapping algorithm for economic evaluation

The Weight-Specific Adolescent Instrument for Economic Evaluation (WAItE) is a new condition-specific patient reported outcome measure that incorporates the views of adolescents in assessing the impact of above healthy weight status on key aspects of their lives. Presently it is not possible to use the WAItE to calculate quality adjusted life years (QALYs) for cost-utility analysis (CUA), given that utility scores are not available for health states described by the WAItE.
Source: Value in Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research