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ArticleJDR clinical and translational research2024

Quality-Adjusted Life Year Proxies for Caries in Primary Dentition: A Discrete Choice Experiment.

T K Lin, D E Arriola Zarate, N Iribarren, H Lindau, F Ramos-Gomez, S A Gansky

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Article in JDR clinical and translational research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

T K LinInstitute for Health & Aging, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6528-4564
D E Arriola ZarateSchool of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
N IribarrenCenter to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
H LindauSchool of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
F Ramos-GomezSchool of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
S A GanskyCenter to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3147-0884
University of California, Los Angeles · USLee University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

COORDINATING CENTER TO HELP ELIMINATE/REDUCE ORAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN CHILDRENU01DE025507 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GANSKY, STUART A · 2015 to 2020
$11.9M
Influence of Financial Incentives on Oral Disease Management in Young ChildrenUH3DE025514 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GANSKY, STUART A, RAMOS-GOMEZ, FRANCISCO J. · 2017 to 2019
$4.2M
NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE025507NIDCR NIH HHS UH3 DE025514
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCost-utility analysis (CUA)-a method to evaluate intervention cost-effectiveness-transforms benefits of alternatives into a measure of quantity and quality of life, such as quality-adjusted life year (QALY), to enable comparison across heterogeneous programs. Measurement challenges prevent directly estimating utilities and calculating QALYs for caries in primary dentition. Proxy disease QALYs are often used as a substitute; however, there lacks quantitative evidence that these proxy diseases are comparable to caries.

objectiveTo employ a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to quantitatively determine the most comparable proxy disease for different levels of caries in primary dentition.

methodsA cross-sectional DCE survey was administered to respondents (

resultsRespondents from the overall sample preferred no pain over mild (odds ratio [OR] = 0.50,

conclusionsParents viewed the characteristics of many diseases with similar QALYs differently. Findings suggest that otitis media and its QALY-as commonly used in CUAs-may be a suitable proxy disease and substitute. However, other disease states with slightly different QALYs may be suitable. As such, the recommendation is to consider a range of proxy diseases and their QALYs when conducting a CUA for child caries interventions. KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER STATEMENT: This study reviews and systematically compares pediatric diseases that are comparable to caries in primary dentition. The findings may inform future research using cost-utility analysis to examine the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of interventions to prevent and treat caries as compared with an alternative.

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Dental CariesGastritisHerpes LabialisChildCross-Sectional StudiesDental Caries SusceptibilityHumansPainQuality-Adjusted Life YearsQuality of LifeTooth, Deciduousbehavioral economicsconsumer preferencescosts and cost analysisdental surveyexperimental psychologyvalue-based purchasing

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PMCPMC10850881
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