title: Sf-6d population norms.
abstract: The derivation of population norms using simple generic health-related quality of life measures to inform policy has been recommended in the literature. This letter illustrates the derivation of population norms for the SF-6D in the United Kingdom. It uses a sample of 22,166 respondents from the 2010 wave of the study Understanding Society. Understanding Society is a national representative sample of British citizens. The survey of this study contains the SF-12. It is possible to derive health state utilities from the SF-12 (and from the SF-36) using a relatively new instrument, the SF-6D. The SF-12 and the SF-36 belong to the most widely used generic health-related quality of life measures. Mean SF-6D utility scores for males and females are 0.81 and 0.79, respectively. Especially the older age categories have lower utility scores. The younger age categories have slightly higher utility scores. From a list of 17 conditions, people with congestive heart failure had the lowest (0.60) and people with diabetes the highest (0.76) SF-6D scores. This letter encourages the health economics research community to derive SF-6D population norms to inform policy.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Economics, University of York, YORK, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom. bernard.vandenberg@york.ac.uk
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van den Berg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018803:Models, Economic; D011788:Quality of Life; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D012737:Sex Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult