Background Mapping is an increasingly common method used to predict instrument-specific
preference-based health-state utility values (HSUVs) from data obtained from another health …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is a costly postoperative complication whose impact
on patients' health-related quality of life is highly uncertain and has not been summarized to …

Objectives Some argue that generic preference-based measures (PBMs) are not sensitive to
certain disease-specific improvements. To overcome this problem, new condition-specific …

Background In oncology, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) data are often collected using
disease-specific patient questionnaires while generic, patient-level utility data required for …

Purpose Patient-level utility data are needed for cost-utility analysis; in oncology, however,
the data are commonly gathered using disease-specific questionnaires that are often not …

Abstract Background The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) is the instrument most frequently …

Purpose To describe the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of an unselected population
of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) including untreated patients. Methods …

Background. Clinical trials in cancer frequently include cancer-specific measures of health
but not preference-based measures such as the EQ-5D that are suitable for economic …

Background An increasing amount of studies report mapping algorithms which predict EQ-5
D utility values using disease specific non-preference-based measures. Yet many mapping …

Background: Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are a group of heterogeneous cancers that
develop in cells in the diffuse neuroendocrine system. Objectives: To estimate the clinical …