Multi-attribute utility instruments (MAUIs) are increasingly being used as a means of
quantifying utility for the calculation of quality-adjusted life-years within the context of cost …

Background Childhood multi-attribute utility instruments (MAUIs) can be used to measure
health utilities in children (aged≤ 18 years) for economic evaluation. Systematic review …

Abstract Background The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Short Form 15 Generic
Core Scales (hereafter the PedsQL) and the Child Health Utility-9 Dimensions (CHU9D) are …

Background. A common feature of studies that have compiled lists or catalogues of
preference-based health-related quality-of-life weights for inclusion within quality-adjusted …

Objectives To examine the performance of two recently developed preference-based
instruments—the Child Health Utility 9D (CHU9D) and the EuroQol five-dimensional …

This paper is of interest to analysts, policy makers and decision makers involved with
descriptive clinical studies, clinical trials, programme evaluations, measuring population …

Methods for measuring and valuing health benefits for economic evaluation and health
technology assessment in adult populations are well developed. In contrast, methods for …

Background Cost-utility analyses are commonly used in economic evaluations of
interventions or conditions that have an impact on health-related quality of life. However …

Objective The purpose of this paper was to report tests of the validity and reliability of a new
instrument, the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)-8D, which was constructed to improve …

Abstract Objectives Pacific Obesity Prevention in Communities (OPIC) is a community-based
intervention project targeting adolescent obesity in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Tonga …