Greenberg D, Pliskin JS "Preference-based outcome measures in cost-utility analyses - A 20-year overview" NTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE 18 (3): 461-466 SUM 2002

[Eugene Garfield]

Pliskin JS - e-mail - jpliskin at cs.bgu.ac.il


Title     Preference-based outcome measures in cost-utility analyses -
          A 20-year overview
Author    Greenberg D, Pliskin JS
Journal   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE
          18 (3): 461-466 SUM 2002

 Document type: Article   Language: English
 Cited References: 11     Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
Objectives: The study evaluated the extent to which quality-adjusted
life-years (QALYs) and healthy-years equivalents (HYEs) were used in
cost-utility studies over the past 20 years (1981-2000) as well as possible
changes in the quality of journals reporting cost-utility studies.

Methods: Cost-utility studies were identified through an electronic search.
For each study the journal name, date of publication, article's language and
research origin, and the journal's impact factor were recorded.

Results: The number of published cost-utility studies increased in the last
20 years but has leveled off in 1997. Most studies were performed in the
United States and
were published in English. All studies except one used QALYs as an outcome
measure. The mean journal's impact factor has changed slightly over the
years.

Conclusions: Cost-utility studies would possibly gain more popularity if
they were used as a vehicle in the decision-making process regarding
healthcare budgets and were more visible in the scientific literature.

Author Keywords:
cost-utility analysis, quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), healthy-years
equivalent (HYE), impact factor

KeyWords Plus:
ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS, QUALITY, HEALTH, QALYS

Addresses:
Greenberg D, Harvard Clin Res Inst, 900 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
USA
Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Ind Engn & Management, IL-84105 Beer Sheva,
Israel

Publisher:
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, NEW YORK

IDS Number:
602YN

ISSN:
0266-4623


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 DRUMMOND MF           METHODS EC EVALUATIO                            1997
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 MURRAY CJL            B WORLD HEALTH ORGAN          72       429      1994
 NEUMANN PJ            ANN INTERN MED               132       964      2000
 NEUMANN PJ            MED DECIS MAKING              17       402      1997
 NORD E                BRIT MED J                   305       875      1992
 RUSSELL LB            JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC          276      1172      1996
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