Health State Valuations from the British General Public, 1993

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>To establish relative valuations attached to different health states by members of the general public.<br> To identify subgroups within the general population who have significantly different valuations from the rest.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Valuations for EuroQol health states were obtained using ranking, visual analogue scaling and Time Trade-off methods.<br> Data collected on respondent's own health status, described by mobility, self care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression, and as a score on a visual analogue scale.<br> Socio-demographic data: age; sex; marital status; education; socio-economic class; size of household; home ownership; cigarette smoking; experience of illness in self and others.<br> Measurement Scales<br> EuroQol Classification System for health states (EuroQol Group, &lt;i&gt;Health Policy&lt;/i&gt; 16,199-208, 1990).<br> Time Trade-Off Valuation Method in Gudex, C. (ed.), &lt;i&gt;Time Trade-Off User Manual : props and self-completion methods&lt;/i&gt; (York: Centre for Health Economics, University of York, 1994). The TTO Props method was used in this study.