Conceptual validity & mapping health state values - Jun 2017.

Annie Hawton, with Jeff Round (University of Bristol), has recently published a paper on considering the conceptual underpinnings when mapping to generate health state utility values. The article discusses that the use of mapping algorithms is becoming more and more commonplace, but that being able to predict scores on one measure from scores on a different measure does not mean that the same preferences for health are being assessed. The frequent use of mapping algorithms calls into question the validity of some resource allocation decisions.

Further details: Round J, Hawton A. Statistical alchemy: conceptual validity and mapping to generate health state utility values. Pharmacoeconomics Open 2017, doi:10.1007/s41669-017-0027-2

Date: 1 June 2017