Health State Utility ValueHSUV, Health State Utility
A health state utility value, or HSU value, is a preference-based numerical weight assigned to a health state for use in economic evaluation.
Outcomes & Quality of Life
Terms for measuring and valuing health outcomes, including patient-reported outcomes, utility values and QALYs.
- Topic: Outcomes & Quality of Life
- 38 terms
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Health State ValuationState Valuation, Utility Elicitation
Health state valuation is the elicitation and modelling of preferences for defined states of health to assign scores on a scale anchored by dead and full health for use in economic evaluation and related decisions.
Health-Related Quality of LifeHRQoL, HRQL
A multidimensional concept covering the physical, psychological, and social aspects of wellbeing affected by a person's health status or its treatment.
Healthy Life YearsHLY, Years in Good Health
A summary population health measure expressing the number of years an individual is expected to live in good health.
Healthy Year EquivalentHYE, Lifetime Health Equivalent
An alternative to the QALY deriving its valuations directly from a sequence of health states over a lifetime, rather than combining separate utility values.
HUI3Health Utilities Index Mark 3, HUI Mark III
The third version of the Health Utilities Index, measuring eight dimensions including vision, hearing, dexterity, and pain, replacing HUI2's fertility dimension.