This discussion paper presents data from the Department of Health funded Measurement and Valuation of Health survey conducted at the Centre for Health Economics in 1993. This was a nationally representative interview survey of 3395 men and women aged 18 or over living in the UK. Amongst other...

Although fairly detailed information on NHS inputs can be identified, little or no corresponding data on outcomes are available to those concerned with the management and delivery of health care. The absence of any significant outcome data is a longstanding problem which has so far been largely...

An important consideration when establishing priorities in health care is the likely effects that alternative allocations of resources will have on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This paper reports on the analysis of data from a study which elicited health state valuations (using the...

The measurement of health outcome is central to the evaluation of medical treatment and intervention. In the past, such measurement has been based on data relating to survival and life expectancy. There is now general acknowledgment that a through assessment of the benefits of health care must...

Social valuations for health states are potentially useful both in clinical decision-making and in health-resource allocation, but there is some evidence that the experience of illness may affect such valuations. This article compares valuations of hypothetical health states obtained from a...

Background: The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L) is a multidimensional measure of quality of life developed for use in the evaluation of interventions in lung cancer. Objective: To develop a set of utility weights that could be used to convert FACT-L into a single index...

This document is intended as a use guide for individuals and groups concerned with planning for and management of a CT scanner in a district general hospital.

Children who come into care of Local Authorities are likely to have significantly poorer health statuses than other children. Foster carers play an increasingly important role as substitute families for such children, a valuable but scarce resource that is costly to recruit and retain. Despite...

There is growing acceptance of the need for improved outcome measures in monitoring and evaluating the impact of health care. Past emphasis on indicators of mortality and morbidity is being replaced with a greater awareness of the possibilities for measuring quality of life (QoL). This...