Abstract Objectives Health state utilities (HSUs) are an input metric for estimating quality-
adjusted life-years (QALY) in cost–utility analyses. Currently, there is a paucity of data on …

The goals of patient care within a health care system are no longer focused solely on
ensuring patients' survival or curing disease, but on optimizing their functional status and …

Objectives The DMD-QoL is a novel disease-specific preference-based measure (PBM)
used to estimate patient utility. This study examined how DMD patient utility values …

Objectives To review NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) HST (Highly
Specialised Technology) appraisals and determine the most commonly reported …

Objective. To examine the association of income relative to the poverty threshold [poverty
income ratio (PIR)] with self-reported physical functioning (PF) in a cohort of patients with …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess the relationships between
pharmaceutical therapy–related quality of life (PTRQoL) and health utility (HU) scores since …

Objectives There is increasing interest in the integration of quantitative evidence from patient
preference studies into HTA decision-making with a question being how this can best be …

Background Limitations in physical functioning are a big concern especially for patients with
chronic or musculoskeletal diseases. Therefore, physical functioning is often used as a core …

Objective Chronic diseases are increasingly prevalent and often occur as multimorbidity.
This study compares the impact of musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs) on health and health …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) significantly affects different aspects of patients' health-
related quality of life (HRQOL). 1 In 1998, Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) …