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A Health Index for Patient Selection: A Value Function Approach with Application to Chronic Renal Failure Patients

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  • Joseph S. Pliskin

    (Center for the Analysis of Health Practices, Harvard School of Public Health)

  • Clyde H. Beck, Jr.

    (University Hospital, San Diego, California)

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Concrete criteria are needed for patient selection for scarce medical treatments and ranking of patient urgency for, or salvageability by, a given form of treatment. The mathematical theory of multi-attribute value functions is employed to rank order chronic renal failure patients with regard to therapeutic expectations. Order-2 mutual preferential independence was observed, thus an additive value function was justified. The paper demonstrates two different procedures for assessing a value function over a discrete attribute. The proposed approach yields a rank ordering (health status index) consistent with the physician's preferences and judgment. It can be employed for any medical decision process, even when only weaker preferential independence properties apply.

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  • Joseph S. Pliskin & Clyde H. Beck, Jr., 1976. "A Health Index for Patient Selection: A Value Function Approach with Application to Chronic Renal Failure Patients," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 22(9), pages 1009-1021, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:22:y:1976:i:9:p:1009-1021
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.22.9.1009
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