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The Q in the Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY): Exploring New Methods

NCT01085409 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 139

Last updated 2013-05-07

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Summary

Aim: The aim of this proposal is to investigate the potential use and value of experienced utility, as measured by the Experience Sampling Method and the Day Reconstruction Method, in the economic evaluation of health care.

Methods: Three samples of 46 patients with different conditions one sample of 46 healthy controls will be included in the study. The Experience Sampling Method (ESM) and the Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) will be adapted and subsequently used to measure experienced utility. Decision utilities will be elicited by traditional preference based methods.

Expected results: The expected results of this study are threefold. First, unified versions of the ESM and DRM for use in the economic evaluation of health care will be developed and applied. Second, a rich dataset will allow us to investigate the differences between the results of experienced utilities derived from these methods, with the traditional preference based measures. Third, the normative implications of the use of QALYs based on either decision utilities, experienced utilities, or a combination of the two, for health care resource allocation decisions, will be examined.

Keywords: experienced utility, decision utility, subjective well-being, experience sampling method, day reconstruction method

Conditions

  • Healthy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Adelante, Centre of Expertise in Rehabilitation and Audiology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Iris Maes, MSc · Maastricht Universitair Medical Centre

  • Manuela Joore, PhD · Maastricht University Medical Centre

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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