What is HUITM?
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a system for measuring health status,
health-related quality of life, and producing utility scores
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generic, preference-scored, comprehensive,
compact
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based on explicit conceptual framework
of health status and health-related quality of life
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there are 3 versions of TM :
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each version includes a health status
classification system and formula for calculating utility scores
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HUI2 and HUI3 describe thousands of
unique health states
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scoring formulas are well grounded in
theory and based on preference data from community surveys
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conceptual and measurement properties
described in numerous papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and books
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to date over 300 investigators have
used HUITM in a wide variety of studies in over 20 countries world-wide
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more than 200,000 subjects have been
assessed using HUITM
Uses of HUITM ?
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to measure health-related quality of
life for clinical trials
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to measure functional status for clinical
studies
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to measure outcomes for cost-effectiveness
and cost-utility analyses
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to measure health status for use in
routine clinical practice and quality assurance programs
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to describe and monitor the health of
general populations
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to investigate determinants of health
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to substitute for complex direct preference
measurements
HUITM Data Collection
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use HUI questionnaires to collect data
on health status; code and analyze results according to algorithms documented
by HUInc.
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HUI questionnaires and documentation
are available in a variety of formats and languages for different applications
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HUI2 and HUI3 systems are complementary
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measures are appropriate for broad range
of subjects (6 years of age and older)
HUG/HUIHealth
Related Quality of Life Research
HUG / HUI "Overview" updated - December 13, 2005
HUG Webpages designed and maintained by John R. Horsman, CE&B
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