| Title |
EQ-5D and the EuroQol Group: Past, Present and Future
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40258-017-0310-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nancy J. Devlin, Richard Brooks |
| Abstract |
Over the period 1987-1991 an inter-disciplinary five-country group developed the EuroQol instrument, a five-dimensional three-level generic measure subsequently termed the 'EQ-5D'. It was designed to measure and value health status. The salient features of its development and its consolidation and expansion are discussed. Initial expansion came, in particular, in the form of new language versions. Their development raised translation and semantic issues, experience with which helped feed into the design of two further instruments, the EQ-5D-5L and the youth version EQ-5D-Y. The expanded usage across clinical programmes, disease and condition areas, population surveys, patient-reported outcomes, and value sets is outlined. Valuation has been of continued relevance for the Group as this has allowed its instruments to be utilised as part of the economic appraisal of health programmes and their incorporation into health technology assessments. The future of the Group is considered in the context of: (1) its scientific strategy, (2) changes in the external environment affecting the demand for EQ-5D, and (3) a variety of issues it is facing in the context of the design of the instrument, its use in health technology assessment, and potential new uses for EQ-5D outside of clinical trials and technology appraisal. |
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| United Kingdom | 4 | 22% |
| New Zealand | 3 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| Sweden | 1 | 6% |
| Poland | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 6% |
| Portugal | 1 | 6% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 22% |
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| Members of the public | 10 | 56% |
| Scientists | 4 | 22% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 11% |
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| Student > Master | 86 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 71 | 11% |
| Researcher | 69 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 65 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 36 | 5% |
| Other | 106 | 16% |
| Unknown | 233 | 35% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 167 | 25% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 72 | 11% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 26 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 3% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 20 | 3% |
| Other | 96 | 14% |
| Unknown | 264 | 40% |
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