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Do personal and societal preferences differ by socio‐demographic group?
Author(s) -
Franks Peter,
Lubetkin Erica I.,
Melnikow Joy
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
health economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1099-1050
pISSN - 1057-9230
DOI - 10.1002/hec.1152
Subject(s) - eq 5d , demographics , visual analogue scale , index (typography) , equity (law) , medical expenditure panel survey , demography , scale (ratio) , psychology , medicine , gerontology , economics , geography , health care , physical therapy , sociology , health insurance , health related quality of life , economic growth , disease , cartography , pathology , world wide web , computer science , political science , law
For equity, preferences used in cost‐effectiveness analyses (CEAs) should yield similar values for different groups with similar health states. We used data from the US 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, including socio‐demographics, EQ‐5D Index and EQ Visual Analog Scale (EQ VAS) scores, to examine whether EQ‐5D Index (representing community preferences) and EQ VAS (representing personal preferences) scores differed systematically by socio‐demographic group. Differences between EQ‐5D Index and EQ VAS scores by socio‐demographic group were small and mostly not statistically significant. These preliminary findings suggest that using the EQ‐5D Index in CEAs may not contribute to socio‐demographic inequities. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.