ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2023
Developing an Australian utility value set for the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale-4D (ECOHIS-4D) using a discrete choice experiment.
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- A scoping review to create a framework for the steps in developing condition-specific preference-based instruments de novo or from an existing non-preference-based instrument: use of item response theory or Rasch analysis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- Fit for Purpose? The Suitability of Oral Health Outcome Measures to Inform Policy.JDR clinical and translational research · 2024Article
- A Silver Fluoride Intervention to Improve Oral Health Trajectories of Young Indigenous Australians: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Valuing Chinese medicine quality of life-11 dimensions (CQ-11D) health states using a discrete choice experiment with survival duration (DCEHealth and quality of life outcomes · 2023Article
- Preferences and choice in clinical decision-making with the help of time trade-off and standard gamble techniques among periodontally compromised patients - A cross-sectional study.Journal of Indian Society of PeriodontologyArticle
- Valuing the Dental Caries Utility Index in Australia.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision MakingArticle
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Abstract
purposePreference-based quality of life measures (PBMs) are used to generate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in economic evaluations. A PBM consists of (1) a health state classification system and (2) a utility value set that allows the instrument responses to be converted to QALYs. A new, oral health-specific classification system, the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale-4D (ECOHIS-4D) has recently been developed. The aim of this study was to generate an Australian utility value set for the ECOHIS-4D.
methodsA discrete choice experiment with duration (DCE
resultsA total of 1201 respondents from the Australian general population completed the survey. Of them, 69% (n = 829) perceived their oral health status to be good, very good, or excellent. The estimated coefficients from the conditional logit models were in the expected directions and were statistically significant (p < 0.001). The utility values for health states defined by the ECOHIS-4D ranged from 0.0376 to 1.0000.
conclusionsThis newly developed utility value set will enable the calculation of utility values for economic evaluations of interventions related to oral diseases such as dental caries among young children. This will facilitate more effective resource allocation for oral health services.
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