Disease severity-based evaluation of utility weights for lung cancer-related health states in Korea

BMC Cancer

Table 3 Utility weights from VAS according to socio-demographic factors (N = 515)

		State 1	State 2	State 3	State 4	State 5	State 6
Sex	Male	0.48	0.38	0.27	0.20	0.09	0.66
Sex	Female	0.48	0.38	0.27	0.20	0.10	0.66
Age group (years)	19–29	0.47	0.37	0.26	0.18	0.08	0.64
	30–39	0.49	0.39	0.31	0.23	0.11	0.66
	40–49	0.49	0.37	0.26	0.19	0.08	0.67
	50–59	0.48	0.37	0.26	0.20	0.10	0.66
	≥60	0.48	0.38	0.26	0.19	0.09	0.67
Education level	High school or below	0.48	0.38	0.27	0.20	0.09	0.67
Education level	College or above	0.48	0.37	0.27	0.19	0.09	0.65
Occupation	Non-manual	0.46	0.34	0.25	0.18	0.07	0.63
	Manual	0.49	0.38	0.28	0.21	0.10	0.66
	Other	0.49	0.39	0.27	0.19	0.10	0.69
Monthly income (Korean won)	< 2.5 million	0.48	0.38	0.23	0.17	0.07	0.66
	2.5–5.0 million	0.48	0.37	0.28	0.20	0.10	0.67
	> 5.0 million	0.48	0.38	0.27	0.22	0.10	0.63
Ambulatory care visit in past 2 weeks	Yes	0.50	0.39	0.27	0.20	0.08	0.68
Ambulatory care visit in past 2 weeks	No	0.48	0.37	0.27	0.20	0.09	0.66
Hospitalization in past 12 months	Yes	0.48	0.36	0.25	0.19	0.05	0.61
Hospitalization in past 12 months	No	0.48	0.38	0.27	0.20	0.09	0.66
Morbidity	Yes	0.49	0.38	0.26	0.18	0.08	0.66
Morbidity	No	0.48	0.38	0.27	0.20	0.09	0.66
VAS, visual analogue scale

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