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What were they thinking when providing preference measurements for generic health states? The evidence for HUI3 by Feeny, David, Furlong, William, Torrance, George W

“…Multi-attribute generic preference-based measures of health-related quality of life are used as comprehensive outcome measures. Typically preferences for…”
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Multiattribute and Single-Attribute Utility Functions for the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 System by Feeny, David, Furlong, William, Torrance, George W., Goldsmith, Charles H., Zhu, Zenglong, DePauw, Sonja, Denton, Margaret, Boyle, Michael

“…Background. The Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) is a generic multiattribute preference-based measure of health status and health-related quality of life…”
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Incorporating Mortality in Health Utility Measures by Dewitt, Barry, Torrance, George W.

“…The creation of multiattribute health utility systems requires design choices that have profound effects on the utility model, many of which have been…”
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A model to estimate health utilities index mark 3 utility scores from WOMAC index scores in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee by GROOTENDORST, Paul, MARSHALL, Deborah, PERICAK, Dan, BELLAMY, Nicholas, FEENY, David, TORRANCE, George W

“…OBJECTIVE: To develop a formula to translate Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scores collected in clinical trials of…”
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Commentary. In Praise of Studies That Use More Than One Generic Preference-Based Measure by Feeny, David, Furlong, William, Torrance, George W

“…Generic preference-based (GPB) measures of health-related quality of life (HRQL) are widely used as outcome measures in cost-effectiveness and cost-utility…”
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The Health Utilities Index (HUI) system for assessing health-related quality of life in clinical studies by Furlong, W J, Feeny, D H, Torrance, G W, Barr, R D

“…This paper reviews the Health Utilities Index (HUI) systems as means to describe health status and obtain utility scores reflecting health-related quality of…”
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Utility measurement in healthcare: the things I never got to by Torrance, George W

“…The present article provides a brief historical background on the development of utility measurement and cost-utility analysis in healthcare. It then outlines…”
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Productivity costs, time costs and health-related quality of life: a response to the Erasmus Group by Weinstein, Milton C., Siegel, Joanna E., Garber, Alan M., Lipscomb, Joseph, Luce, Bryan R., Manning Jr, Willard G., Torrance, George W.

“…Responds to a paper by Brouwer et al which raised important issues concerning the treatment of productivity costs in cost-effectiveness analysis. As members of…”
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Guidelines for Conducting Pharmaceutical Budget Impact Analyses for Submission to Public Drug Plans in Canada by Marshall, Deborah A., Douglas, Patrick R., Drummond, Michael F., Torrance, George W., MacLeod, Stuart, Manti, Orlando, Cheruvu, Lokanadha, Corvari, Ron

“…Until now, there has been no standardized method of performing and presenting budget impact analyses (BIAs) in Canada. Nevertheless, most drug plan managers…”
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Community or patient preferences for cost-effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation: does it matter? by Oldridge, Neil, Furlong, William, Perkins, Anthony, Feeny, David, Torrance, George W

“…Few healthcare economic evaluations, and none in cardiac rehabilitation, report results based on both community and patient preferences for health outcomes. We…”
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The development and use of quality-of-life measures to evaluate health outcomes in Japan by FUKUHARA, Shunichi, IKEGAMI, Naoki, TORRANCE, George W, NISHIMURA, Shuzo, DRUMMOND, Michael, SCHUBERT, Francois

“…Health outcomes measurement forms a key aspect of data collection for economic evaluations. Quality-of-life instruments provide a measure of patient-focused…”
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Multi-attribute preference functions. Health Utilities Index by Torrance, G W, Furlong, W, Feeny, D, Boyle, M

“…Multi-attribute utility theory, an extension of conventional utility theory, can be applied to model preference scores for health states defined by…”
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BLISS index using WOMAC index detects between-group differences at low-intensity symptom states in osteoarthritis by Bellamy, Nicholas, Bell, Mary J, Goldsmith, Charlie H, Lee, Shelley, Maschio, Michael, Raynauld, Jean-Pierre, Torrance, George W, Tugwell, Peter

“…Abstract Objectives The ability of the Bellamy et al. Low-Intensity Symptom State-attainment (BLISS) Index to differentiate between treatment groups (hylan G-F…”
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BLISS index for analyzing knee osteoarthritis trials data by Bellamy, Nicholas, Bell, Mary J, Pericak, Dan, Goldsmith, Charlie H, Torrance, George W, Raynauld, Jean-Pierre, Walker, Valery, Tugwell, Peter, Polisson, Richard

“…Abstract Objectives Different pain thresholds were investigated, using the WOMAC Pain Scale (WOMAC-P) to determine if they could differentiate between…”
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Application of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory to Measure Social Preferences for Health States by Torrance, George W, Boyle, Michael H, Horwood, Sargent P

“…A four-attribute health state classification system designed to uniquely categorize the health status of all individuals two years of age and over is…”
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The burden of illness of severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy in the United States by Attard, Cheryl L., Kohli, Michele A., Coleman, Suzanne, Bradley, Cathy, Hux, Margaret, Atanackovic, Gordana, Torrance, George W.

“…Objective: Our purpose was to determine the extent to which nausea and vomiting of pregnancy affects a woman's quality of life (QOL), ability to function, and…”
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Utilities and quality-adjusted life years by Torrance, G W, Feeny, D

“…Utilities and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) are reviewed, with particular focus on their use in technology assessment. This article provides a broad…”
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The effectiveness of hylan G-F 20 in patients with knee osteoarthritis: an application of two sets of response criteria developed by the OARSI and one set developed by OMERACT–OARSI by Bellamy, Nicholas, Bell, Mary J., Goldsmith, Charlie H., Pericak, Dan, Walker, Valery, Raynauld, Jean-Pierre, Torrance, George W., Tugwell, Peter, Polisson, Richard

“…Secondary analyses of a previously conducted 1-year randomized controlled trial were performed to assess the application of responder criteria in patients with…”
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: Viewed through the Eyes of George Torrance by Torrance, George W.

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Economic evaluation of controlled-release oxycodone vs oxycodone-acetaminophen for osteoarthritis pain of the hip or knee by Marshall, Deborah A, Strauss, Marcie E, Pericak, Dan, Buitendyk, Melanie, Codding, Christine, Torrance, George W

“…To examine, in routine practice, the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of oxycodone (OxyContin) compared with standard therapy for osteoarthritis pain…”
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