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  • Health Economics
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • Pediatric Health

Background:

  • Increasing demand for youth-specific health-related quality-of-life measures in healthcare evaluations.
  • The EQ-5D-Youth (EQ-5D-Y) is a potential preference-based measure for children and adolescents.
  • Need for validated instruments to assess health utility in pediatric populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a German EQ-5D-Y value set using the established valuation protocol.
  • To explore differences in youth health valuation between parents and non-parents.
  • To enable economic evaluations of pediatric healthcare interventions in Germany.

Main Methods:

  • A representative sample of 1030 adults completed an online discrete choice experiment (DCE).
  • Composite time trade-off (cTTO) interviews were conducted with 215 adults.
  • DCE data were modeled using a mixed logit model, and values were anchored to adjusted mean cTTO values.

Main Results:

  • Pain/discomfort and worry/sadness were identified as key dimensions of youth health.
  • Adjusted mean cTTO values ranged from -0.350 to 0.970.
  • Parents showed different health state valuations compared to non-parents, particularly in cTTO results.

Conclusions:

  • A German EQ-5D-Y value set with internally consistent coefficients was successfully developed.
  • This value set is suitable for use in economic evaluations of pediatric healthcare interventions.
  • The study provides a valuable tool for assessing the cost-effectiveness of treatments for children and adolescents.