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- Title
Some methodological issues with the analysis of preference-based EQ-5D index score.
- Authors
Li, Liang; Fu, Alex Z.
- Abstract
The EQ-5D index is widely used to assess the preference-based health status. In this paper, we examine the analytical issues of regression models for the US preference-based EQ-5D index score. We propose a two-part approach to model the special features of the EQ-5D index. The first part is a logistic model for the probability of reaching the maximum score 1.0. The second part is a model for the rest of the scores that are less than 1.0, which can be a least squares regression with robust standard errors for the conditional mean, or a quantile regression for conditional quantiles such as the median. We show that the two-part model has some desirable features that are not available in the previously published regression methods for the EQ-5D index. We illustrate the proposed approach with data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The proposed method may be used for other utility or health related quality of life scores of similar features.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH status indicators; QUALITY of life; BASIC needs; REGRESSION analysis; LEAST squares; SOCIAL conditions in the United States, 1980-
- Publication
Health Services & Outcomes Research Methodology, 2009, Vol 9, Issue 3, p162
- ISSN
1387-3741
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10742-009-0053-3