A comparison of patient and social tariff values derived from the time trade-off method

A social tariff of EuroQol time trade-off (TTO) values was recently presented. We compared the social tariff and patient TTO values among 104 women with mild and severe menopausal symptoms. The social tariff and patient TTO values were elicited both after and before hormone replacement therapy (HRT). There was a close correspondence between social-tariff values and patient TTO values for relatively good health states, whereas the social tariff TTO values were lower than the patient TTO values for severe health states. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.