George W Torrance
Biographic Data
| ID | 3574680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George W Torrance |
| GIVEN NAMES | George W |
| FAMILY NAME | Torrance |
| SIGNATURE | TORRANCE G W |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Qalys
Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes
The highly successful textbook Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care is now available in its third edition. Over the years it has become the standard textbook in the field world-wide. It mirrors the huge expansion of the field of economic evaluation in health care. This new edition builds on the strengths of previous editions being clearly written in a style accessible to a wide readership. Key methodological principles are outlined …
Development and initial validation of a new preference-based disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for erectile function
Multiattribute and Single-Attribute Utility Functions for the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 System
BACKGROUND: The Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) is a generic multiattribute preference-based measure of health status and health-related quality of life that is widely used as an outcome measure in clinical studies, in population health surveys, in the estimation of quality-adjusted life years, and in economic evaluations. HUI3 consists of eight attributes (or dimensions) of health status: vision, hearing, speech, ambulation, dexterity, emot…
The Health Utilities Index (HUI®) system for assessing health-related quality of life in clinical studies
This paper reviews the Health Utilities Index (HUI) systems as means to describe health status and obtain utility scores reflecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The HUI Mark 2 (HUI2) and Mark 3 (HUI3) classification and scoring systems are described. The methods used to estimate multiattribute utility functions for HUI2 and HUI3 are reviewed. The use of HUI in clinical studies for a wide variety of conditions in a large number of count…
Development and testing of a utility measure for major, unipolar depression (McSad)
Assessing the Value of a New Pharmaceutical
Objectives. The authors assessed the feasibility and construct validity of the contingent valuation method for measuring the monetary value to healthy enrollees in a health maintenance organization of a new drug, filgrastim, as prophylaxis against febrile neutropenia after chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Methods. A random sample of 220 enrollees from a closed-panel staff-model health maintenance organization who did not have cancer were interv…
Multiattribute Utility Function for a Comprehensive Health Status Classification System
The Health Utilities Index Mark 2 (HUI:2) is a generic multiattribute, preference-based system for assessing health-related quality of life. Health Utilities Index Mark 2 consists of two components: a seven-attribute health status classification system and a scoring formula. The seven attributes are sensation, mobility, emotion, cognition, self-care, pain, and fertility. A random sample of general population parents were interviewed to determine …
Multi-Attribute Preference Functions
Multi-Attribute Health Status Classification Systems
Reliability of the Health Utilities Index—Mark III used in the 1991 cycle 6 Canadian General Social Survey Health Questionnaire
Cost-effectiveness league tables
Incorporating Utility-Based Quality-of-Life Assessment Measures in Clinical Trials
The utility approach to the measurement of health-related quality of life is discussed and its theoretical foundations and compatibility with economic evaluation are explained. The advantages of the approach include its generalizability, comprehensiveness, ability to integrate mortality and morbidity effects, ability to represent multiple viewpoints, and its incorporation of time and risk preferences in the scores. Disadvantages include interview…
Health Care Technology
Utility approach to measuring health-related quality of life
Measurement of health state utilities for economic appraisal
Developing Multiattribute Health Indexes
This article reviews the procedures for developing a multiattribute health index for use in population health studies and program evaluations. The development of such indexes involves two steps: 1) the creation of a multiattribute health state classification system; and 2) the mapping of the system into a single metric scale. The system must be relevant for its intended use and as concise as possible. Because a limit exists in the number of attri…
Health and Canadian Society
Health and Canadian Society
The utility of different health states as perceived by the general public
The utility of different health states as perceived by the general public
Health and Canadian Society
Health and Canadian Society
Developing Multiattribute Health Indexes
This article reviews the procedures for developing a multiattribute health index for use in population health studies and program evaluations. The development of such indexes involves two steps: 1) the creation of a multiattribute health state classification system; and 2) the mapping of the system into a single metric scale. The system must be relevant for its intended use and as concise as possible. Because a limit exists in the number of attri…
Measurement of health state utilities for economic appraisal
Utility approach to measuring health-related quality of life
Health Care Technology
Incorporating Utility-Based Quality-of-Life Assessment Measures in Clinical Trials
The utility approach to the measurement of health-related quality of life is discussed and its theoretical foundations and compatibility with economic evaluation are explained. The advantages of the approach include its generalizability, comprehensiveness, ability to integrate mortality and morbidity effects, ability to represent multiple viewpoints, and its incorporation of time and risk preferences in the scores. Disadvantages include interview…
Cost-effectiveness league tables
Multi-Attribute Preference Functions
Multi-Attribute Health Status Classification Systems
Reliability of the Health Utilities Index—Mark III used in the 1991 cycle 6 Canadian General Social Survey Health Questionnaire
Multiattribute Utility Function for a Comprehensive Health Status Classification System
The Health Utilities Index Mark 2 (HUI:2) is a generic multiattribute, preference-based system for assessing health-related quality of life. Health Utilities Index Mark 2 consists of two components: a seven-attribute health status classification system and a scoring formula. The seven attributes are sensation, mobility, emotion, cognition, self-care, pain, and fertility. A random sample of general population parents were interviewed to determine …
Assessing the Value of a New Pharmaceutical
Objectives. The authors assessed the feasibility and construct validity of the contingent valuation method for measuring the monetary value to healthy enrollees in a health maintenance organization of a new drug, filgrastim, as prophylaxis against febrile neutropenia after chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Methods. A random sample of 220 enrollees from a closed-panel staff-model health maintenance organization who did not have cancer were interv…
Development and testing of a utility measure for major, unipolar depression (McSad)
The Health Utilities Index (HUI®) system for assessing health-related quality of life in clinical studies
This paper reviews the Health Utilities Index (HUI) systems as means to describe health status and obtain utility scores reflecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The HUI Mark 2 (HUI2) and Mark 3 (HUI3) classification and scoring systems are described. The methods used to estimate multiattribute utility functions for HUI2 and HUI3 are reviewed. The use of HUI in clinical studies for a wide variety of conditions in a large number of count…
Multiattribute and Single-Attribute Utility Functions for the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 System
BACKGROUND: The Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) is a generic multiattribute preference-based measure of health status and health-related quality of life that is widely used as an outcome measure in clinical studies, in population health surveys, in the estimation of quality-adjusted life years, and in economic evaluations. HUI3 consists of eight attributes (or dimensions) of health status: vision, hearing, speech, ambulation, dexterity, emot…
Development and initial validation of a new preference-based disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for erectile function
Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes
The highly successful textbook Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care is now available in its third edition. Over the years it has become the standard textbook in the field world-wide. It mirrors the huge expansion of the field of economic evaluation in health care. This new edition builds on the strengths of previous editions being clearly written in a style accessible to a wide readership. Key methodological principles are outlined …
Qalys
Medicine (13 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (11 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Public health (7 works) · Economic and Environmental Valuation (6 works) · Psychology (6 works)