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The development of capability measures in health economics: opportunities, challenges and progress.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- ICECAP-O, the current state of play: a systematic review of studies reporting the psychometric properties and use of the instrument over the decade since its publication.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Pooled it
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- A synthesis of dimensions of wellbeing among adolescents and young people living with HIV from Sub-Saharan Africa for measurement in economic evaluation: a qualitative overview of reviews.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Review
- How do musculoskeletal disorders impact on quality of life in Tanzania? Results from a community-based survey.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Capability wellbeing of parents caring for children with rare diseases: a national cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Psychometric testing of the ICECAP-A in patients with coeliac disease: a comparative analysis with EQ-5D-5L.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Psychometric properties of the ICECAP-SCM capability-wellbeing measure in specialist palliative care units in Austria.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Assessing well-being in younger populations in economic evaluations: a scoping review of multidimensional instruments.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Core outcomes for the evaluation of new healthcare programmes - a modified Delphi study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Assessing the prevalence of unmet need for genetic counseling in Canada and exploring associations with sociodemographic factors.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025Article
- Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- An overview of the perspectives used in health economic evaluations.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2024Review
- Conversation coaching in dementia: a feasibility study.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
- Measuring the Wellbeing of Cancer Patients with Generic and Disease-Specific Instruments.Cancers · 2023Article
- Supporting GPs and people with hypertension to maximise medication use to control blood pressure: Protocol for a pilot cluster RCT of the MIAMI intervention.HRB open research · 2023Article
- The role of self-efficacy, well-being capability and diabetes care assessment for emotional and diabetes management challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a follow-up study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
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- Conceptualising 'Benefits Beyond Health' in the Context of the Quality-Adjusted Life-Year: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis.PharmacoEconomics · 2021Review
- Capability instruments in economic evaluations of health-related interventions: a comparative review of the literature.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Review
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Abstract
Recent years have seen increased engagement amongst health economists with the capability approach developed by Amartya Sen and others. This paper focuses on the capability approach in relation to the evaluative space used for analysis within health economics. It considers the opportunities that the capability approach offers in extending this space, but also the methodological challenges associated with moving from the theoretical concepts to practical empirical applications. The paper then examines three 'families' of measures, Oxford Capability instruments (OxCap), Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit (ASCOT) and ICEpop CAPability (ICECAP), in terms of the methodological choices made in each case. The paper concludes by discussing some of the broader issues involved in making use of the capability approach in health economics. It also suggests that continued exploration of the impact of different methodological choices will be important in moving forward.
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