Applications of utility theory in the economic evaluation of health care
(Toepassingen van nutstheorie in de economische evaluatie van gezondheidszorg)
1996-01-18
Doctoral Thesis
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This thesis studies the applicability of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and other utility based outcome measures in medical decision making and health economics. The main conclusion will be that utility based measures are more useful to model health related behaviour than has commonly been thought.
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- health
- utility
- preference
- state
- model
- condition
- gamble
- function
- respondent
- health states
- chapter
- probability
- profile
- independence
- utility independence
- theory
- outcome
- weight
- trade-off
- utility model
