Open AccessWhat Determines the Shape of an EQ-5D Index Distribution?
Author(s) -
David Parkin,
Nancy Devlin,
Yan Feng
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical decision making
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.393
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1552-681X
pISSN - 0272-989X
DOI - 10.1177/0272989x16645581
Subject(s) - eq 5d , index (typography) , statistics , mathematics , distribution (mathematics) , medicine , econometrics , computer science , health related quality of life , mathematical analysis , disease , world wide web
EQ-5D-3L index scores in patient and general populations typically have a nonnormal distribution, divided into 2 distinct groups. It is important to understand to what extent this is determined by the way that the EQ-5D-3L index is constructed rather than by the true distribution of ill health.
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