Preference heterogeneity in health valuation: a latent class analysis of the Peru EQ-5D-5L values

Autor: Suzana Karim, Benjamin Matthew Craig, Romina Arely Tejada, Federico Augustovski
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-022-02079-6
Popis: Abstract Background Preference heterogeneity in health valuation has become a topic of greater discussion among health technology assessment agencies. To better understand heterogeneity within a national population, valuation studies may identify latent groups that place different absolute and relative importance (i.e., scale and taste parameters) on the attributes of health profiles. Objective Using discrete choice responses from a Peruvian valuation study, we estimated EQ-5D-5L values on a quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) scale accounting for latent heterogeneity in scale and taste, as well as controlling heteroskedasticity at task level variation. Method We conducted a series of latent class analyses, each including the 20 main effects of the EQ-5D-5L and a power function that relaxes the constant proportionality assumption (i.e., discounting) between value and lifespan. Taste class membership was conditional on respondent-specific characteristics and their experience with the composite time trade-off (cTTO) tasks. Scale class membership was conditional on behavioral characteristics such as survey duration and self-stated difficulty level in understanding tasks. Each analysis allowed the scale factor to vary by task type and completion time (i.e., heteroskedasticity). Results The results indicated three taste classes: a quality-of-life oriented class (33.35%) that placed the highest value on levels of severity, a length-of-life oriented class (26.72%) that placed the highest value on lifespan, and a middle class (39.71%) with health attribute effects lower than the quality class and lifespan effect lower than the length-of-life oriented class. The EQ-5D-5L values ranged from − 2.11 to 0.86 (quality-of-life oriented class), from − 0.38 to 1.02 (middle class), and from 0.36 to 1.01 (length-of-life oriented class). The likelihood of being a member of the quality-of-life class was highly dependent on whether the respondent completed the cTTO tasks (p-value
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