Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 74-76, May 2005

Patient preferences and cost–utility analysis☆

  • Christine A. Elnitsky, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service, Washington, DC 20242, USA
    • Department of Community and Enviromental Health, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Service Research and Development Service, Washington, DC 20242, USA. Tel.: +1 202 254 0199.
    • ,
  • Patricia Stone, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA

Received 26 February 2005; accepted 26 February 2005.

Abstract 

This column discusses patient preference measures and their application in cost utility analysis. A variety of methods of eliciting patient preferences by use of generic utility measures are described. Practical issues in the use of utility measures are discussed.

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☆ The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S0897-1897(05)00013-3

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2005.02.005

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 74-76, May 2005

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