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Health Policy

Volume 16, Issue 3, December 1990, Pages 199-208
Health Policy

EuroQol - a new facility for the measurement of health-related quality of life

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Abstract

In the course of developing a standardised, non-disease-specific instrument for describing and valuing health states (based on the items in Table 1), the EuroQol Group (whose members are listed In the Appendix) conducted postal surveys in England, The Netherlands and Sweden which indicate a striking similarity in the relative valuations attached to 14 different health states (see Table 3). The data were collected using a visual analogue scale similar to a thermometer (see Table 2). The EuroQol Instrument Is Intended to complement other quality-of-life measures and to facilitate the collection of a common data set for reference purposes. Others interested in participating in the extension of this work are invited to contact the EuroQol Group.

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The 23 members of the EuroQol Group are listed in the Appendix.

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