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Health Utility Measures and the Standard Gamble
Author(s) -
Alex G. Michael John,
Wyrwich Kathleen W.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb01349.x
Subject(s) - medicine , measure (data warehouse) , outcome (game theory) , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , actuarial science , quality adjusted life year , risk analysis (engineering) , data mining , nursing , cost effectiveness , philosophy , mathematical economics , epistemology , computer science , mathematics , business
The standard gamble is a method used to measure health utilities of varying health states and allow for comparisons across populations and different clinical settings. These health utility scores are useful as measures of outcome for quality of life and applicable to economic evaluation studies. Nonetheless, the measurement process can be cognitively challenging, and controversies remain regarding raters and rating methods.