Certain health problems are considered as a normal part of ageing, hence are more
acceptable at older, rather than at younger ages. In the context of this research, acceptability …

Background Recent research suggests that the value of health states may depend on their
duration, implying a more complex relationship between quality and quantity of life than the …

Background Acceptable health and sufficientarianism are emerging concepts in health
resource allocation. We defined acceptability as the proportion of the general population …

Background: Subjective health states valuation has an increasing impact in the last decade
and is used more and more in determining the quality of life of population. On its basis the …

A fundamental assumption of the quality‐adjusted life year model is mutual utility
independence between life years and health status. However, this assumption may not hold …

Background Accumulating evidence suggests that members of society prefer some QALY
gains over others. In this paper, we explore the notion of acceptable health as a reference …

This study aims at identifying determinants of health related quality of life in Poland, and in
particular at verifying whether health domains are complements or substitutes and what the …

A key component in economic evaluation is the way in which the benefits of interventions
are valued. In health economics, a common way to value benefits has been in terms of the …

Background We aimed to determine the acceptability of non-perfect health states with age
using the EQ VAS and analyse the influencing factors. Methods We conducted a cross …

Background While patients tend to value their own health state systematically higher than
others would rate it, it is less clear whether stated preferences for hypothetical health states …