What were they thinking when providing preference measurements for generic health states? The evidence for HUI3

Abstract

The interview process was structured to give the respondent ample opportunity and a structured set of tasks to help them contemplate, discover, and state their preferences. [...]respondents were asked to describe their own health by identifying the most appropriate level for each attribute of the HUI3 health-status classification system, and the rank ordering and rating using the FT was followed by further intense reflection by having to make choices on the CB. [...]of the interview, have any of your opinions, or the strength of your opinions and feelings changed about the different types of health we have discussed? aQuestions in order as presented to respondents (n = 504) Preference measurement scores for the HUI3 health states were obtained in a survey of a random sample of the English-speaking general population (age 16 years and older) in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. [...]including questions about what factors were important to respondents in providing their preference responses provides important information that is useful in interpreting preference scores for HUI3 health states. [...]we encourage further research, including formal qualitative and quantitative research on the role of the instructions given to respondents.