???Counterintuitive??? Preferences in Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measurement

Quality of life measurement in schizophrenia: reconciling the quest for subjectivity with the question of reliability

“…The failure to achieve a higher concordance between subjective and objective quality of life measures may have been due to discrepancies at three levels -conceptualization, reporting and measurement. First, quality of life is much larger and more complex than a simple aggregate of performance and satisfaction in individual areas of life (Bush et al 1982). It has been noted earlier that past experiences and personal characteristics, such as attitudes, aspirations and value systems, can lead to idiosyncratic global quality of life estimates (Campbell et al 1976).…”

Assessment of cost of innovation versus the value of health gains associated with treatment of chronic hepatitis C in the United States

“…Threshold values referred to in the literature range from US $50,000 to US $300,000. [ 61 ] We used the lower end of this range for base-case analysis. For calculating quality-adjusted cost of care, we used the following approach: quality-adjusted cost of care = (increase in treatment costs) − (monetized increase in quality-adjusted life years [QALYs], defined as increase in QALYs × value of QALY).…”

Predicting 6‐week treatment response to escitalopram pharmacotherapy in late‐life major depressive disorder

“…Pre-treatment assessments encompassed depression severity (Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, HRSD-17; Hamilton, 1967), suicidal ideation (HRSD-17 item 3) hopelessness (Beck Hopelessness Scale;Beck et al, 1974), anxiety severity (Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety; Hamilton, 1959), cognitive functioning (Mattis, 1988), co-existing medical illness burden (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics, CIRS-G; Miller et al, 1992), disability and health-related quality of life (Quality of Well-Being Scale, Bush et al, 1982; MOS-Short Form; Ware and Sherbourne, 1992), and social support/self-esteem (Interpersonal Support Evaluation List, ISEL; Cohen et al, 1985).…”