Tests of utility independence when health varies over time

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Spencer, Anne and Robinson, Angela (2007) Tests of utility independence when health varies over time. Journal of Health Economics, 26 (5). pp. 1003-1013. ISSN 1879-1646

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Abstract

In the conventional quality adjusted life year (QALY) model, people's preferences are assumed to satisfy utility independence. When health varies over time, utility independence implies that the value attached to a health state is independent of the health state that arise before or after it. Two separate studies were conducted involving a total of 155 respondents. In study one, we conducted five tests of utility independence using a standard gamble question. Three of the tests of utility independence were repeated in study two after randomisation was introduced in order to take account of possible ordering effects. Utility independence holds in the majority of cases examined here and so our work generally supports the use of utility independence to derive more tractable models.

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Additional Information: Source:HEG-endnote12-09 Note:
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Economics
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences
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Depositing User: EPrints Services
Date Deposited: 25 Nov 2010 11:11
Last Modified: 22 Apr 2023 01:22
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/14283
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.04.002

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