A French Value Set for the EQ-5D-5L
Open Access
- 8 January 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in PharmacoEconomics
- Vol. 38 (4), 413-425
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-019-00876-4
Abstract
Objective The objective of this study was to develop a French value set for the EQ-5D-5L, for academic and clinical research, and for regulatory requirements for price-setting of drugs and medical devices. Method This study used the standardized valuation protocol developed by EuroQol, using computer-assisted personal interview software. A representative sample of 1048 French residents were interviewed by a market research company, under the supervision of the research team. Health states were valued using composite time trade-off and a discrete choice experiment. Modeling was used to create values for the 3125 possible health states. The composite time trade-off data were modeled using a Tobit model with censored observations at −1 and correcting for heteroscedasticity. A conditional logit model was used for the discrete choice results, and both models were combined using a hybrid model. An adjusted hybrid model was tested to correct for imbalance in the sample on age and sex compared with the general population. A comparison with the 3-level (3L) value set was performed. Results The adjusted model was preferred to comply with the representativeness of the general population. It provided a value set for which all coefficients were logically consistent. Values ranged from − 0.525 to 1. The distribution of values presented a shift towards higher values versus the 3L value set. Ranking of dimensions changed. Pain and discomfort and mobility were the dimensions with the highest potential for disutility compared with mobility and self-care for the 3L instrument. Conclusions This study provides a value set based on societal preferences of the French population, using an improved descriptive instrument of health-related quality-of-life health states. It will contribute to improve the quality of cost-effectiveness analysis in the French context and help stimulate disease-specific quality-of-life references for academic-, institutional-, and industry-promoted studies.Keywords
Funding Information
- EuroQol (EQ 20170510)
- AbbVie (1768005)
- Allergan (P-2018-7046)
- Amgen (FR 17 10 507)
- Biogen (1868106)
- BMS (1768053)
- GSK (Contract 05/07/2018)
- Janssen Cilag (1768065)
- MSD (1768064)
- Lilly (Contract 11/24/2017)
- Novartis (1768051)
- Roche (Contract 01/08/2018)
- Sanofi (1768122)
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