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Quality-of-Life Assessment When There Is a Loss of Income

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  • John Myers

    (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Kentucky, john.myers@louisville.edu)

  • Steven McCabe

    (Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Kentucky)

  • Stephan Gohmann

    (School of Business, Department of Economics, University of Louisville, Kentucky)

Abstract

Purpose. The current study aims to provide the first empirical evidence demonstrating whether people automatically consider morbidity costs when assessing the quality of life for a health state. Methods. One hundred eighty-one undergraduate students were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: 1) those participants who were not informed of morbidity costs and 2) those participants who were informed of morbidity costs. Students were asked to read a description of a health state and to assign an assessment of quality of life for the health state described by the use of the paper standard gamble. Results. The overall mean quality of life for the informed group was significantly lower than that of the uninformed group (P

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  • John Myers & Steven McCabe & Stephan Gohmann, 2007. "Quality-of-Life Assessment When There Is a Loss of Income," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 27(1), pages 27-33, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:medema:v:27:y:2007:i:1:p:27-33
    DOI: 10.1177/0272989X06297100
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    1. Tilling, C & Krol, M & Tsuchiya, A & Brazier, J & van Exel, J & Brouwer, W, 2009. "The impact of losses in income due to ill health: does the EQ-5D reflect lost earnings?," MPRA Paper 29837, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Marieke Krol & Jocé Papenburg & Marc Koopmanschap & Werner Brouwer, 2011. "Do Productivity Costs Matter?," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 29(7), pages 601-619, July.
    3. Krol, Marieke & Brouwer, Werner, 2015. "Unpaid work in health economic evaluations," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 144(C), pages 127-137.
    4. Carl Tilling & Marieke Kro & Aki Tsuchiya & John Brazier & Job Exel & Werner Brouwer, 2012. "Does the EQ-5D Reflect Lost Earnings?," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 47-61, January.
    5. Jeff Richardson & Stuart Peacock & Angelo Iezzi, 2009. "Do quality-adjusted life years take account of lost income? Evidence from an Australian survey," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 10(1), pages 103-109, February.
    6. Bengt Liljas, 2010. "On the welfare theoretic foundation of cost-effectiveness analysis—the case when survival is not affected," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 11(1), pages 5-13, February.

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