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Fanni Rencz1, Valentin Brodszky2, László Gulácsi2
1Department of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary; Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Premium Postdoctoral Research Programme, Budapest, Hungary.
Objectives:
The wording of the Hungarian EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L descriptive systems differ a great deal. This study aimed to (1) develop EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L value sets for Hungary from a common sample, and (2) compare how level wording affected valuations.
Methods:
In 2018 to 2019, 1000 respondents, representative of the Hungarian general population, completed composite time trade-off tasks. Pooled heteroscedastic Tobit models were used to estimate value sets. Value set characteristics, single-level transition utilities from adjacent corner health states, and mean transition utilities for all possible health states were compared between the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L.
Results:
Health utilities ranged from -0.865 to 1 for the EQ-5D-3L and -0.848 to 1 for the EQ-5D-5L. The relative importance of the 5 EQ-5D-5L dimensions was as follows: mobility, pain/discomfort, self-care, anxiety/depression, and usual activities. A similar preference ranking was observed for the EQ-5D-3L with self-care being more important than pain/discomfort. The EQ-5D-5L demonstrated lower ceiling effects (range of utilities for the mildest states: 0.900-0.958 [3L] vs 0.955-0.965 [5L]) and better consistency of mean transition utilities across the range of scale. Changing "confined to bed" (3L) to "unable to walk" (5L) had a large positive impact on utilities. Smaller changes with more negative wording in the other dimensions (eg, "very much anxious/feeling down a lot" [3L] vs "extremely anxious/depressed" [5L]) had a modest negative impact on utilities.
Conclusion:
This study developed value sets of the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L for Hungary. Our findings contribute to the understanding of how the wording of descriptive systems affects the estimates of utilities.
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