Quality-of-life valuations of advanced breast cancer by New Zealand women

PharmacoEconomics
Richard J MilneAlison Cubitt

Abstract

To obtain health-related quality-of-life (HR-QOL) valuations (or 'utilities') from New Zealand women for four health states representative of advanced (metastatic) breast cancer, suitable for use in cost-utility analysis, and to compare four valuation methodologies. Written case descriptions of four health states representative of advanced breast cancer (hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hypercalcaemia) were developed in consultation with nine oncology professionals. Time trade-off (TTO) and visual analogue scale (VAS) valuations were obtained via interviews from a sample of 50 women, aged 25-69 years, randomly selected from the New Zealand general public and through informal networks. Representations of the four health states on the EQ-5D health state classification system were also obtained from the respondents and later valued using New Zealand and UK EQ-5D social tariffs. The four valuation methods ranked the four states' mean valuations identically: hormonal therapy > chemotherapy > or = radiotherapy > hypercalcaemia. All methods except the TTO distinguished between chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In order of the VAS and TTO methods and the EQ-5D with NZ and UK tariffs, respectively, the valuations [mean (95%...Continue Reading

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