Health State Utility Scores for Cancer-Related Anemia through Societal and Patient Valuations

Abstract

The health state utility scores from both groups show a decrement in line with worsening anemia. Furthermore, patients who have experienced cancer-related fatigue rate the more severe levels of anemia much lower than the general public.

Cost-Effectiveness of an Individualized First-Line Treatment Strategy Offering Erlotinib Based on EGFR Mutation Testing in Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients in Germany

“…The utility values representing patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were obtained from published literature [14,[23][24][25]. We primarily used comprehensive data from Nafees et al [23], a study that is widely used in health economic evaluations of lung cancer therapies and which provided a community-based utility model for metastatic NSCLC patients in the UK, using the standard gamble interview and taking different treatment-related toxicities and disease states into account.…”

Health Utilities Associated with Hemoglobin Levels and Blood Loss in Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health Initiative

“…Recent work on the measurement of health utility for anemiarelated health states has been limited to patients with anemia associated with cancer treatment [5], treatment for hepatitis C [6,7] or renal failure [8]. The Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, at Tufts University's Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry has included utility weights for different Hgb levels from eight studies [6 -13].…”

Validity of standard gamble utilities in patients referred for aortic valve replacement

“…In line with guidelines, physicians tend to refer patients in more severe disease state and with a clear motivation for surgery which may explain the difference between the EQ-5D scores and SG values obtained in this population. In addition, others studies have also reported that patient experiencing the diseases tend to have lower ratings of their health state compared with general population [47].…”